Stories Mark Smiley Told Me

Tim Warnock author of Dive Log: Discovering Life Under the Seas takes a deeply personal dive in Stories Mark Smiley Told Me. A splendid collection of short essays chronicling life love loss and lessons learned Stories Mark Smiley Told Me is a richly drawn relatable collection.Exploring such universal themes as belonging searching for home meaning identity and self-discovery Stories Mark Smiley Told Me details how the author learned to process a wide range of emotions over the course of several decades. At times highly irreverent at times highly entertaining this sometimes heartbreaking sometimes hilarious wholly stranger-than-fiction memoir is moving.Full of heart feeling and humor these twenty-five essays and one short story arise from a sons chance discovery of his adoption his own entry into adulthood and finally his accepting responsibility for a parents care and end-of-life struggles. Tim Warnocks journey will inspire readers to examine their own life stories-and marvel at these essays exceptionally well-told.