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If the characters in this collection of short stories seem
familiar, they should because they're either you now, you at a
later date or someone you know. "An Act Of God and Other Stories'
is Hart's attempt to show that growing old has its advantages,
although it is often quite difficult to discover what they are.
While waiting for senility, this slim volume might help keep you
smiling.
As Lila Shane wrote in her diary, "Nineteen thirty nine was the
year after which nothing was inevitable and the future became a
series of unpredictable events rather than an extension of the
past." During that year, Lila's world and the world around her
altered, sometimes bringing joy, sometimes bringing sorrow. "The
Year Everything Changes" chronicles Lila's maturation from a
sheltered high school graduate into a capable woman wise in the
capricious ways of the world.
Here's another collection of short stories by Stanley Hart that
shares something in common with his first volume - no one asked for
these either. But having a supply of comas and semi colons left
over from his previous works, Hart decided to continue writing and
to travel the bumpy road to immortality. These stories are .... Aw,
read them yourself.
This is collection of stories that illustrates that there is no age
limit to living life to its fullest. In it, seniors disdain
passivity to lead active lives. The effects are often surprising
and always entertaining.
A ten day cruise to Scandinavia, gives the passengers aboard The
Poseidon Princess the time to reveal themselves to each other and
to themselves. We meet seniors from the Bronx on their long awaited
second honeymoon, a married couple from Texas that discovers more
than just foreign cities, an heiress and her equally clever,
mendacious brother and the brash 'King of Sensible Shoes' from
Topeka with his disaffected young wife. We also follow the
adventures of two 'Ambassador Hosts, employed by the ship, and
whose job it is to keep unescorted lady passengers happy on the
trip. As the ship visits Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki, St. Petersburg
and Stockholm, the comical side of cruising is exposed and the
patina of civilized behavior wears thin with unsuspecting results.
If you re having an identity crisis, here s help in solving it. In
this collection of sketches, the Harts hold a mirror up to human
nature and the chances are that you re in here someplace. Take a
look and you ll swear that the Harts are guilty of identity theft.
Artie Sherman has lived by his wits for seventy plus years. Among
his achievements is his role in making his friend a successful
playwright while making that friend, unbeknownst to everyone except
Artie, the drama critic of New York's most influential newspaper-at
the same time. This allows his friend to critique his own play and
cover it with encomiums. As a result of the Times' review, his
friend becomes the toast of Broadway. Artie's shrewdness can also
boomerang and can put him at serious risk of ending up in a cement
cutaway on the floor of The East River. When he discovers a play
that his friend wrote years before he senses a 'sure thing' since
his friend is both the playwright and the Times drama critic. Artie
decides to produce the play and as a theater producer he wheels and
deals with the wrong people who, not being seasoned theater angels,
expect a return on their investments. Artie learns the hard way
that there's no such thing as a sure thing. Artie's meeting and his
subsequent falling in love with Rita Adler, a truly unusual woman
gives him another reason for avoiding a painful, untimely ending.
He is captivated by her great Asian-American looks and by her
elegant style. Whoever said that opposites attract must have had
Artie Sherman and Rita Adler in mind. Fate, acting in concert with
Artie's survival instinct, saves him for a life with his beloved
Rita.
Oh, Brother Arnold Gordon thought when he retired from the NYPD, he
was through with detective work. But when his older brother
Mortimer's life is in danger, Arnold rallies to his side. Along the
way, the arcane Fermat's Theorem, the Israeli Mossad and the Satmar
community are involved in an international intrigue. Although the
free spirited Arnold and the stiff necked Mortimer had never been
close as brothers, danger brings them together to solve the
greatest challenge either of them has ever faced. The Fund Raiser
Harry Wolfe is middle aged wheeler dealer whose penchant for the
quick buck lands him in hilarious trouble. While other fund raisers
raise money for good causes, Harry will promote any charity, no
matter how obscure or lame brained, that promises a good pay off. A
twist of fate gives Harry the opportunity to make big money
although it also gives him the opportunity to become a cadaver. The
path Harry treads towards his goal of staying alive is a
delightfully crooked one. His film maker daughter Isobel's
involvement with a conventional veterinarian is a unique romance
she is sure that her father will approve of, provided Harry stays
alive long enough to give it his blessings.
Table 14 is a collection of tales about people old enough to be
wise yet young enough to be fallible. If you recognize yourself in
these tales, then they are for you. If you don't recognize yourself
in them, just wait. With luck, you may last long enough to enjoy
reading about the foibles of people your age. The retirement home
in which these tales are set is its own universe of aches, pains
and wisdom. Read one tale, put the book down for a day or so, then
pick it up and read another one. There should be something here for
everyone.
ABOUT 'HAVE A HEART', THE BOOK Lovely Liz Krantz is an art
therapist who conducts workshops at a maximum security prison. One
of her 'artists' is Medwick a convicted killer who has a task for
Liz that she can't refuse. He wants her to find a worthy recipient
who needs a heart transplant and who could use Medwick's heart
after he has been executed. This assignment leads Liz on a cross
country quest, interviewing various bizarre candidates for
Medwick's heart. It also brings her into contact with Cliff Melton,
a young documentarian who interests a TV network in Liz's mission.
The rating crazed executives and their sycophants at the network
decide to put on the ultimate Reality Show called, "Live or Die."
On the show, contestants vie for Medwick's heart and in a spasm of
truly bad taste, the viewing audience votes as to who will live and
who will die. Never to be underestimated, the American public's
fascination with death is to be exploited. The show will be a
modern equivalent of Roman Coliseum dust ups. At first, Liz is
intimidated by the network's mad scramble for rating numbers until
she asserts herself in a wholly unexpected way.
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