Finding the Way Home
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Order your paperback copy here or as an eBook for Amazon Kindle here
No Kindle?? No problem! Get a free app for any device by
clicking here!
Buy any of my 99 cent short stories on Amazon and *post a review*, then message me and I'll send you *Dumpster Days*, a 152 page
coming of age novella set in Lakeview and Downtown Chicago (priced
at $2.99) *from Amazon at no cost to you* !
A collection of stories that resonate and linger about compelling characters who
travel within the US and abroad to open their hearts to new possibilities. Chicago is a way station or home as their paths take them as far as Darwin, Warsaw, Naples, Frankfurt, Berlin, Seattle and Buenos Aires; a capstone novella references each of the preceding eight short stories. (click on titles or browse this site)
The stories: Beyond Buenos Aires (budget cuts in Chicago schools and the resulting
marital turmoil prompt a married couple to escape to Buenos Aires over Easter break);
Stray Dog in New Buffalo (an adolescent girl flees the conflicting expectations in her
immigrant family in Chicago);
Flying the Coop (a couple resigned to the consequences of choosing careers
over children gets a surprising second chance);
It Happened in Warsaw (the mysterious discovery of a battered cello in Warsaw
proves fateful for a musicologist of Polish descent);
Neapolitan Nights (the death of her parents frees a never-married teacher to
pursue her dream of traveling to Italy);
Distant Thunder (a handsome Australian resurfaces in Chicago with a new
identity and focuses on the wealth of a vulnerable female);
Death Along the Des Plaines River (the claims of career and family clash as a recently widowed police officer copes with raising his young son near Chicago);
Death Along the Main River (a couple retires on the same day and finds that the distance in their marriage can no
longer be ignored);
and in the novella Dumpster Days a young translator chooses Chicago to find his place in the world in this coming-of-age story.
Get Finding the Way Home from Amazon Kindle. Total length: ca 289 pages.
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Reviews on Amazon:
To the Quick
December 21, 2013 By Lester Jacobson
Geuss is a terrific writer. These stories hone in
on what makes people tick, right down to the quick – dirty fingernails and all.
He has a facility for both character portraiture and story development. Like
Nelson Algren and Mike Royko, two other hard-boiled Chicago writers, he knows
the local color palette cold and captures the city's and its citizens' essence
beautifully.
Cosmopolitan
December 28, 2013 By Judith
I enjoyed the stories very much and felt each one had something interesting
to say about the human condition and, in particular, the interaction of
Americans with 'abroad', and of foreigners with America.
The settings are varied and cosmopolitan.
Finally, I enjoyed revisiting characters and places from the shorter
stories in the more extended 'Dumpster Days'.
Other Reader Comments:
March 10, 2014 By Christine Merritt
Geuss has a great gift - the ability to use his words well in telling a story.
His short stories are superb and totally engage the reader. We want to read more.
An enjoyable, fascinating read and a total delight.
travel within the US and abroad to open their hearts to new possibilities. Chicago is a way station or home as their paths take them as far as Darwin, Warsaw, Naples, Frankfurt, Berlin, Seattle and Buenos Aires; a capstone novella references each of the preceding eight short stories. (click on titles or browse this site)
The stories: Beyond Buenos Aires (budget cuts in Chicago schools and the resulting
marital turmoil prompt a married couple to escape to Buenos Aires over Easter break);
Stray Dog in New Buffalo (an adolescent girl flees the conflicting expectations in her
immigrant family in Chicago);
Flying the Coop (a couple resigned to the consequences of choosing careers
over children gets a surprising second chance);
It Happened in Warsaw (the mysterious discovery of a battered cello in Warsaw
proves fateful for a musicologist of Polish descent);
Neapolitan Nights (the death of her parents frees a never-married teacher to
pursue her dream of traveling to Italy);
Distant Thunder (a handsome Australian resurfaces in Chicago with a new
identity and focuses on the wealth of a vulnerable female);
Death Along the Des Plaines River (the claims of career and family clash as a recently widowed police officer copes with raising his young son near Chicago);
Death Along the Main River (a couple retires on the same day and finds that the distance in their marriage can no
longer be ignored);
and in the novella Dumpster Days a young translator chooses Chicago to find his place in the world in this coming-of-age story.
Get Finding the Way Home from Amazon Kindle. Total length: ca 289 pages.
No Kindle?? No problem! Get a free app for any device by clicking here!
Reviews on Amazon:
To the Quick
December 21, 2013 By Lester Jacobson
Geuss is a terrific writer. These stories hone in
on what makes people tick, right down to the quick – dirty fingernails and all.
He has a facility for both character portraiture and story development. Like
Nelson Algren and Mike Royko, two other hard-boiled Chicago writers, he knows
the local color palette cold and captures the city's and its citizens' essence
beautifully.
Cosmopolitan
December 28, 2013 By Judith
I enjoyed the stories very much and felt each one had something interesting
to say about the human condition and, in particular, the interaction of
Americans with 'abroad', and of foreigners with America.
The settings are varied and cosmopolitan.
Finally, I enjoyed revisiting characters and places from the shorter
stories in the more extended 'Dumpster Days'.
Other Reader Comments:
March 10, 2014 By Christine Merritt
Geuss has a great gift - the ability to use his words well in telling a story.
His short stories are superb and totally engage the reader. We want to read more.
An enjoyable, fascinating read and a total delight.