Taking Flight

<p>Avi has had quite a life. He and his wife Sara have lived and traveled all over the world including some exotic—and occasionally less than hospitable—destinations. He’s also met and befriended some colorful characters including a man who can get you anything (for a price of course) a tribal chieftain an enterprising shopkeeper a father who mourns a daughter lost at sea a particularly hard-nosed and nosy businesswoman and a desperate man who threatens to drive Avi off a cliff. In this collection of fanciful and offbeat stories you’ll also meet the amorous yet devious Lord and Lady Ryweinster a talking Amazonian parrot a champion MMA fighter and an elderly couple who could have been headliners at a Catskills resort.</p><p>At the heart of the collection however is the story of the journey Avi takes to a world beyond this one a fascinating domain where he reunites with his long-deceased mother and two of his siblings. His otherworldly guides help him learn the rules of this unfamiliar magical realm and he is able to spend some meaningful moments with the people who were closest to him in childhood and get a glimpse perhaps of what lies ahead for us all.</p>