Young Thieves in a Growing Orchard

<p>A gay homeless man who gives shelter tours crashes quite unexpectedly into a former lover. A sailboat captain hates and loves his daily routine. Burgeoning sexual orientation erupts between two teenage boys on a road trip to Alabama. A father takes extraordinary lengths to see his son. A man travels to Whitefish Montana in July to give Christmas gifts to three little girls. A mother shows up at her son’s nursing home and demands to be seen. A couple after a dinner party debates the nuance and missteps of a long parsimonious marriage. A middle-aged man due to a breakup drives to and stops at a town in which he has never been and meets a man who challenges his secrets and lies. Ettrick whose parents don’t believe in God wants to be baptized in the pond behind the farmhouse. Beatrice A. Muddler finds a career and builds a life in a most unlikely place. A Latino man works a most unusual job for the most powerful man in the world. Marvin who suffers with dilated cardiomyopathy grooms a young man from the gym for a journey neither are equipped to take.</p><p><br />Young Thieves in a Growing Orchard is a 30000 word literary fiction short-story collection grounded in contemporary middle class American life revealed in lucid tones of melancholy grit poetry and surprising wonder. At its core Young Thieves in a Growing Orchard is a journey of securing belonging through discovery exploration and oftentimes failure. </p>