{"product_id":"moon-rising-leonard-tuchyner-9798387981296","title":"Moon Rising: Stories and Poems","description":"Except for the talking turtle, the author's 2022 novel, \u003ci\u003eMerlyn the Magic Turtle: A Story of Love and Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, was entirely realistic. By contrast, this volume of stories and poems is based firmly in fantasy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTalking animals and insects, numerous gnomes, and even talking vegetables are among the many colorful characters. Mother Earth gets psychiatric advice, there is a time-traveling sailing ship, and a trickster is tricked. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Antigravity in the Graveyard,\" by far the longest story, features a nerdy physics professor and his pretentious nemesis, the dean of the department. The latter gets his comeuppance, as it were, in a most appropriate way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJewish mothers figure prominently: sometimes cooking, often criticizing or complaining, but always loving and loved. One man's mother even proves that clothes do make the man-or in this case, the woman, one with super powers and devastating culinary skills. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author is an avid gardener, and vegetable gardens are featured in many of the stories. Granted, the non-human characters in those spaces are far from realistic. Among them are a flying deer, a bargaining ant, and even a talking beet. But all are described in such loving detail that the reader can almost imagine that they did indeed appear to the author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo, for at least a little while, slip the bonds of everyday life and let yourself be transported to these many scenes of adventure: most of them humorous, a few of them melancholy, and all of them brilliantly imaginative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonard Tuchyner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798387981296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Leonard Tuchyner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49167605104895,"sku":"9798387981296","price":10.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/moon-rising-leonard-tuchyner-9798387981296","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}