A Curious Book — Richard Hennerley

'A unique read' - VINE VOICEOne day, Death is on his travels (collecting souls as always) when he comes across a small, mongrel dog full of a love so pure and true that it makes even him, The Grim Reaper, cry.A shoemaker is ridiculed when he suddenly starts to make only size 7, left foot shoes. But does he know something no-one else does?Nora-Lee, the plain sister of the beautiful and glamorous Dora-Lee, takes her fate into her own hands when she decides no longer to be the person other people want her to be.A ragged, ordinary looking man sings a song of such intense beauty and power that it shakes a Kingdom to its foundations.The Souls of a Mother and her Son dance across a broad, bright blue sky with a complexity as intense and beautiful as the irresistible, flawless logic of a Mathematical Equation or the eye-catching wonder of a Murmuration Of Starlings.A cruel and selfish woman considers her young, gay son to be an embarrassment. So she decides to abandon him, forever, in The Asylum for The Strange and The Different, society's dumping ground for those who 'don't fit in'. Will he survive such a desperate place?An awkward teenager suddenly sprouts a huge pair of Angel's wings.How do you tell a good friend from a bad friend?If love were an 'if'...then what would love be?And more....20 extraordinary tales from the magical, mythical land of Anywhere to help you stay human in a world gone mad.Editorial reviewsBrilliant comic technique, and a glorious sense of moral outrage at the current mess in which our country seems mired, combine here to make a unique reading experience. Often laugh-out-loud funny, the real-life characters behind these innocuous fairy tales and fables hit you by surprise, a series of sharp rocks hidden in those snowballs. Amazingly, with all the faux-naievete and children's book elements gleefully displayed here, the writing never becomes twee or condescending. I don't know where this writer's been all his life, but I intend to catch up with him, and keep an eye on where he's headed next!... Bravo, Mr. Hennerly!  - VINE VOICEThis is the most spiritually and intellectually worthwhile and inspiring read I have encountered in a very long time ever since my days as a theological studies student. To me it is a humanist masterpiece on par with my favorite classists such as Faulkner, Lawrence and Bellow. It subverts conventional morals and doctrines while anchoring the plot development and the characters upon what I would call authentic virtues, Intuitive Knowledge and Intuitive Truth. Hennerley speaks Truth in this world of lies that shackle us from birth and asphyxiate us into death, all the while conspiring against our very vitality of the spirit. I cannot wait to read more similar stories from Hennerley! Thank you Hennerley for shining a beacon of light amidst such darkness we live under.  - US REVIEWS