Crazy Carousel Life

An unconventional relationship story, Crazy Carousel Life is not a typical love story but is a story of love, tackling contemporary issues - Alzheimer's, ineffectual parents, religion, sex, adoption. Thought-provoking the 35,300-word novella shows that love can overcome psychological insecurities. Robert and Angelica, both tarnished by their upbringing, manage parental encroachments in contrasting ways. Despite being a competent IT technician Robert strives to overcome his critical father and his mother's death through escaping reality by conjuring himself into heroic characters or fantasy animals; the Red Baron war-time flying ace, a unicorn, or other creatures. He also dreams a guardian angel will transform him into debonair Mr Suave. His perceived 'angel' appears, but Robert blows it – he's too busy daydreaming himself as Pegasus, the wild stallion with magical hooves and his 'angel' vanishes. A respected Researcher and Marketing Consultant, working in remote parts of the world, Angelica trains locals in former war zones to detect and destroy unexploded land mines. Though Robert's 'angel', is smart and successful, she lacks confidence and must overcome her own issues – principally a picky, critically religious, lonely mother. Intimate revelations jolt Robert and Angelica, stripping bare a lifetime deception, resulting in Robert gaining a real guardian angel and freeing them both to jump on the carousel of life.