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Book details
  • Genre:FICTION
  • SubGenre:Literary
  • Language:English
  • Pages:496
  • eBook ISBN:9798350961102
  • Paperback ISBN:9798350961096

Love American Style

Stories About Men, Women, Their Passions and Dysfunctions

by Mike Consol

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Overview
What happens when an aging woman finds she has become invisible to the opposite sex? What about the preacher who has lost influence over his parishioners, despite his love and devotion to God? The woman who starts dating an autistic man who earns his keep by counting cards at local casinos? Or the eccentric trust-fund baby from a wealthy Milano family who goes on a dogged and relentless campaign to win back his Hollywood girlfriend? Love American Style takes account of love and passion in its many and uniquely American forms and expressions. In total, the collection contains seventeen funny, touching, sexual, audacious and politically incorrect stories.
Description
What happens when an aging woman finds she has become invisible to the opposite sex? What about the preacher who has lost influence over his parishioners, despite his love and devotion to God? The woman who starts dating an autistic man who earns his keep by counting cards at local casinos? Or the eccentric trust-fund baby from a wealthy Milano family who goes on a dogged and relentless campaign to win back his Hollywood girlfriend? Love American Style takes account of love and passion in its many and uniquely American forms and expressions. In total, the collection contains seventeen funny, touching, sexual, audacious and politically incorrect stories.
About the author
Mike Consol is a novelist and host of the Novelist Spotlight podcast. His novels include "Family Recipes: A Novel About Italian Culture, Catholic Guilt and the Culinary Crime of the Century," "Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel" and "Hardwood: A Novel About College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play." He is also editor of Real Assets Adviser magazine. Consol hails from Upstate New York and is a graduate of Arizona State University.