Stone and Shell edition by Lloyd A Meeker Literature Fiction eBooks
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Eight-year-old Howie Evinger is convinced that his dad would be happier if he found a new husband. Howie would be happier, too. And somewhere out there in the city of Vancouver, there’s the right man for his dad to love. But how to find him? That’s a problem, especially if you’re just a kid and your dad says he doesn’t want another husband.
With the help of his quirky aunt, Shanna, who calls herself a Buddhist Wiccan, Howie builds his very own solstice altar with cool symbols to support his search. It has a candle, a feather, and a twisty stick, plus an agate for his dad, and a scallop shell for his new husband. Share Howie’s solstice adventure as he learns how real magic requires courage and patience as well as symbols.
Stone and Shell edition by Lloyd A Meeker Literature Fiction eBooks
Lloyd Meeker is pretty much an auto buy for me, so I was excited to see this holiday story. Howie is a young boy who wants his dad to find a new husband and be happy again. This really is a lovely, sweet story full of romance and family. I loved it.Product details
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Stone and Shell edition by Lloyd A Meeker Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
A seasonal short story focused not on Christmas, but on the Winter Solstice, the darkest night of the year. The Winter Solstice’s association with the Christian celebration of Christ’s birthday is not accidental Roman Christians moving into northern parts of Europe co-opted the pagan solstice to make their newly-adopted religion more palatable to its involuntary adherents. The Winter Solstice is that moment of greatest despair in the colder parts of the world the time of year when nothing grows, when darkness rules, when the presence of death looms more closely. It is a time when the human need to believe that a benevolent deity exists burns strongest.
Meeker offers us an eight-year-old boy, Howie Evinger, who sets up his own little solstice altar. He chooses a polished agate stone to represent his father, David. He selects a scallop shell to be the new husband he desperately wishes for his father. Encouraged by his father’s free-spirited sister Shanna, Howie pours all his childlike hopes into arranging his altar, caught up in the spirit of community and love he feels during the public Winter Solstice celebrations in Vancouver.
I’ll confess, I kept a tissue nearby as I read this story, because the tears were brimming constantly. Howie is a perfect mixture of childlike innocence and wisdom. He doesn’t understand what happened to his father’s first relationship, but he recognizes his father’s sadness and wants his family to be whole and happy again. There is much that Howie doesn’t – can’t – understand, but his heart is big and his love is pure. Ultimately, this is the kind of magic that transcends belief and makes all things possible.
This story is also the portrait of a child who is blessed with people who love him and believe in him. There is no hiding and no shame in his household, only compassion and caring. In a world where the validity of gay families is constantly under attack, Meeker’s story shines out like a beacon of reason. As the days grow darker and the nights colder in this very strange year, “Stone and Shell” offers some welcome warmth.
*Reviewed by Mark for Sinfully Gay Romance Book Reviews*
For a very short story I just loved the whole idea of this book. An M/M romance with a twist or different perspective. The romance here is seen through the eyes of eight year old Howie who wants nothing more than to find a husband for his dad.
Lloyd Meeker does a wonderful job in creating a narrative so we can see the world through the eyes of an eight year old. This in itself is a wonderful piece of writing. As an adult we are regressed in age and see through the eyes of child where magic really does exist, where innocence is fragile, hope and love are not questioned and life is simple and not complicated. A truly beautiful idea and well written. The narrative is so empathetic, I also was back to being a child, remembering what it was like, how even the smallest of things are wondrous and the things we can’t yet understand seem to be frustrating. The writing is simplistic as to give the reader the feeling of an eight year but not so simple that it looses it’s adult attraction.
Howie wants to find his dad a new husband after his last husband left. Howie’s dad is hurting, not as happy as he used to be and obviously any child will pick up on this, no matter how the adults try to hide it. With the help of his aunt, who is a lovely person and into the mystic a little, makes himself a solstice alter so he can make a big wish that his dad finds a husband. Well, Howie gets his magic. His dad meets someone by chance but Howie recognises this will be the husband for his new dad and it’s his magic that has worked. Now the waiting game starts as to whether his dad will start going out with his new boyfriend and whether this will lead to his dad being happy again and ultimately Howie too. Of course when you are eight this can feel like an eternity.
This book falls into my SSS (sweet, short and simple) category but the writing talent contained within is by no means simple, it’s just life is simple when you’re an eight year old. This was a truly refreshing read for me and it was over far to soon. I could have read a much longer story seeing the world through the eyes of Howie. I can highly recommend this book and it will leave you with the warm fuzzies that will have you going “aaawww” all the way through the book.
Lloyd's writing is always beautiful, and moving, but this story kept me in tears of joy from the very beginning.
Lloyd Meeker is pretty much an auto buy for me, so I was excited to see this holiday story. Howie is a young boy who wants his dad to find a new husband and be happy again. This really is a lovely, sweet story full of romance and family. I loved it.
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