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One man's offbeat attempt to make amends with his past and find love in the present.
Harris' clear and direct writing has flashes of sarcasm and deadpan humor reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut. What readers may remember best about this quirky tale, however, are the occasional poetic gems.
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FROM THE DUST-JACKET:
Dan receives an e-mail from a friend with a hyperlink and a cryptic message, "Thought you might find this amusing." Little does he know, but when Dan clicks that link his life will be forever changed. The link takes Dan to what appears to be someone's online diary. Dan is fascinated by the intimate details of the author's life, including his wife and daughter. After adding up all the clues, he finally realizes why he received this link. As fate should have it, Dan is reading the diary of the man who stole the heart of his first girlfriend. The more Dan reminisces about his first love, the more determined he is to find her. He sets out on a road trip, hoping to reconcile his past with his present. Along the way, Dan will find himself on an unexpected adventure involving a beautiful woman, helper monkeys, wishing rocks, a befuddled octogenarian, a secret garden and, of course, his first love.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
J Lee Harris lives in Manhattan with a dog, two cats, and a secret dumb-waiter to an abandoned Chinese restaurant. For the past ten years, J Lee has worked behind the scenes as a successful "script doctor" for both stage and screen. Stepping out front with this debut novel,
Scar Tissue of the Heart
, J Lee has concocted an enchanting, quirky, heart-warming story that combines elements from romantic comedies, classic road pictures, mythology and magic realism.