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    A Puma in the Tree: Paul Eh-em's Story

    By J. K. Mactavish

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    Paul Eh-em is a cautious thirty year old plagued by reticence and life-world trivia. Noticing a mountain lion cub watching him from a tree, he takes inspiration and records his experiences of starting over in a rural California town. His writing and those he befriends figure in his transition and integration of his separated selves. But his story reaches beyond connecting meaningfully with people and finding the best-fit match for him. He must become resolute in working through his own sexual orientation and grief lite. He must also navigate through a maze of frustrated plans, decisions about career and calling, inaccurate first impressions, feelings of emptiness, errors in judgment, troubling memories, mistakes and inadequacies, philosophical quibbles, and admirable yet formidable people and situations that challenge him. His story is a meta-fiction of identity formation animated by feminine energies, totemic mascots, and diverse and developing characters. All this and much, much more is his journey to a conclusion. Or is it a precarious beginning?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJ. K. Mactavish
    Release dateOct 17, 2014
    ISBN9781311840493
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    J. K. Mactavish

    Autobiography, not to mention biography, does not reflect a trusted answer to the question, "Who am I?" ("Who is he?" from your perspective). That's the question, right?However, if I put out for you what my experience of (fill in the word or words) is, then at least you can create your internal experience of some close approximation of what it is like to be me; and in this you will have one response, not answer, to the "picture of his life" question. But, who cares about surface appearances? that I have medical records in six languages? an excess of ex-wives? a beloved dog I take walks with in central Italy? So what, right?Thus in lieu of wasted words here, read me. Start with poetry and then go to the blogs if you must, and then on to the experiment, Paul Eh-em and his story. Given the premise above, you will find big parts of me. If you are not interested in or don't get this writing-is-phenomenology thing, at least you may find some amusement and diversion deep within worlds where I sincerely hope and trust you will find--most importantly--a reflection of . . .

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