The Friction of Desire - Couverture souple

Compton, Sandy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1886591113 ISBN 13 : 9781886591110

Editeur : Blue Creek Press, 2012

Synopsis

The Friction of Desire — Whatever you might be thinking, you might be wrong. Sandy Compton’s fifth book is, he admits, “somewhat auto-biographical,” but it spills far over into the world of his protagonist and narrator, “whom I met quite by accident while trying to write a book one day.” So, meet Larry Longquist — world traveler, depressive, recovering addict, and freshly 60 years old. He cashes his tiny 401K and engages the services of Mary Magdalene Miller, M.D., specializing in psychiatry. Object — clarity.Dr. Miller has never had a client quite like Larry, who admits to being afraid to get out of bed some days. At the risk of finding out he’s insane, Larry tells her not quite all there is to know about himself. In a series of tender, crazy, funny meetings — paid for in advance — Larry walks and talks his way into her heart. And, she listens her way into his. Compton avers that he doesn’t create his characters; they come to him and ask to be written. In The Friction of Desire, he lets them tell the story. “They have done a much better job of it than I might have,” Compton says. With humor, compassion and unflinching self-exposure, Doctor Miller details her relationship with Larry as he tells her about his odd relationship with life and the ironic gifts it gives him.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sandy Compton grew up in Western Montana, where he lives still. He is an avid backpacker, wilderness advocate and traveler, particularly in the American West. Sandy has been writing for publication for 30 years and has multiple novels, non-fiction works, and hundreds of essays and articles to his credit. As an addict in recovery, he writes unflinchingly about his own struggle and the nature of addiction in a memoir, "Side Trips From Cowboy: Addiction, Recovery and the Western American Myth." “Side Trips From Cowboy” was published in 2009, with a second edition released in May of 2013. His novels include "Jason's Passage" (1995), "Archer MacClehan & The Hungry Now," (2005) "The Friction of Desire" (2012), "Scars on Top of Scars" (2014)," and "Archer MacClehan & The Girl Who Wouldn't Stop Running," (2014). He has also recently released a children’s Christmas book, “Caleb’s Miracle,” and “Camping In Wyoming,” by his grandmother, Mariam Lawton Clayton. “Camping In Wyoming” was designed around Mariam’s handwritten account and original “kodaks” of her honeymoon trip to Yellowstone National Park in 1910. With eight books to his credit and more on the way, he has become an important regional voice in the Northern Rockies. He has also helped other authors make their books reality through Blue Creek Press (www.bluecreekpress.com) In his "other" life, Compton is program coordinator for Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness (wwwscotchmanpeaks.org), advocating for wilderness designation for the 88,000-acre Scotchman Peaks on the border between Idaho and Montana near where he lives.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blue Creek Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1886591113
• ISBN 13: 9781886591110
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 190
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