Hysterical Love
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Genres: Literary Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Family Saga. Format: Paperback. Views: This Week 219, Total 995.
Dan McDowell, a thirty-three-year-old portrait photographer happily set to marry his beloved Jane, is stunned when a slip of the tongue about an “ex-girlfriend overlap” of years earlier throws their pending marriage into doubt and him onto the street. Or at least into the second bedroom of their next-door neighbor, Bob, where Dan is sure it won't be long. It's long.
His sister, Lucy, further confuses matters with her “soul mate theory” and its suggestion that Jane might not be his... soul mate, that is. But the tipping point comes when his father is struck ill, sparking a chain of events in which Dan discovers a story written by this man he doesn’t readily understand, but who, it seems, has long harbored an unrequited love from decades earlier.
Incapable of fixing his own romantic dilemma, Dan becomes fixated on finding this woman of his father’s dreams and sets off for Oakland, California, on a mission fraught with detours and semi-hilarious peril. Along the way he meets the beautiful Fiona, herbalist and flower child, who assists in his quest while quietly and erotically shaking up his world. When, against all odds, he finds the elusive woman from the past, the ultimate discovery of how she truly fit into his father's life leaves him staggered, as does the reality of what’s been stirred up with Fiona. But it’s when he returns home to yet another set of unexpected truths that he’s shaken to the core, ultimately forced to face who he is and just whom he might be able to love.
Lorraine Devon Wilke, author of the acclaimed debut novel, After The Sucker Punch, brings her deft mix of humor and drama to a whip-smart narrative told from the point of view of its male protagonist. Hysterical Love explores themes of family, commitment, balancing creativity, facing adulthood, and digging deep to understand the beating heart of true love.
Cover design by Grace Amandes @ www.gracemandes.com
Cover photograph by Lorraine Devon Wilke
www.lorrainedevonwilke.com
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• WE Magazine for Women: “8 Books Worth Reading This Summer, 2015”
• Barb Taub, Writing & Coffee Book Blog — “I never found a writer who was as good as DH Lawrence, but who could also get into a man’s head and tell that story. Until now. Wilke is a kind of genius. Or a **** good writer doing a better job of getting into the head of the opposite sex than DH Lawrence anyway. She combines humor, terrific writing, and some none-too-gently acquired truths into a different kind of relationship story.”
• A Women’s Wisdom, the Book Blog For Lovers Of The Written Word —“This is one of those books which exceeded all my expectations. I was expecting a romance with a couple of twists to the tale but what I got was something far deeper and more satisfying. If you want a book with many layers and to be thoroughly entertained by a cracking story then this one is for you.”
• Crossroads Reviews — “So worth the read. If you want a great laugh then pick this one up. The story was great as were the characters. Unpredictable in so many ways. One to stick with you.”
• Robert Batista, The Funky Writer, BlogTalk Radio — “Great, great show! You were so articulate and down to Earth. I really enjoyed talking to younot as an interviewer, but as a person.”
• Johnny Tan, FMMK Talk Radio — “Hysterical Love is a whip-smart narrative of modern family misadventure and romantic entanglement, that is skillfully blended with humor and drama.”
• The Amy Beth Arkway Radio Show — “A humorous literary journey that weaves complicated romances and fragile family relationships with themes of realization and forgiveness.”
• Matters of the Mind Talk Radio, Dr. Peter Sacco & Todd Miller — “A cathartic journey written by a cultural gypsy.”
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