Imagine a staid accountant from Chicago with a beige life forced to live in the attic of a diner owned by a man with questionable hygiene who has a prom carnation (and possibly Walt Disney) in his freezer, then reluctantly falling in with the local theater group (at least one of whom would spell it "theatre") after his wife falls for another man and empties his bank account. Follow Lee Harris, who desperately tries to make sense of a new life that seems perversely committed to thwarting his efforts. You'll also follow the "writers," Geoff (the man with the world's largest head) and Steve (who thinks Othello is a board game), who banter, argue and comment throughout the narrative.

Weeping Willow Volume Two: A Friend in Deed is the continuation of the comic tale of Lee Harris, a staid accountant with a beige life who, in Volume One, discovered his wife had fallen for another man, skipped town and got stranded in the odd village of River Bend where he was forced to work in a questionable diner for room and board and fell in with the local community theatre, something he would never have thought of doing if he'd been left to his own devices.

In Volume Two, Lee finally starts getting some control over his life. He finds a place to live, starts dating in earnest and actually begins looking for a job in his own field. He also eschews run-on sentences. All seems well, until he injures his coccyx in a freak accident.

Follow Lee Harris and his odd group of new friends as they desperately try to make sense of a life that seems perversely committed to thwarting their efforts. You'll also follow the "writers," Geoff (the man with the world's largest head) and Steve (who thinks Othello is a board game), who banter, argue and comment throughout the narrative in what has been described as annoyingly charming.

Weeping Willow has been called brilliant, down-to-earth, addictive, gently subversive, inherently strange, scathing and hip. It combines a love of tools, the best chili on Earth, a ghost or two, several autographed photos of Danny Bonaduce, gourmet hors d'oeuvres, several mentions of ermines, stoats and yaks, a condom emporium and fireworks into a twisted tale of survival.

Imagine a staid accountant from Chicago with a beige life forced to live in the attic of a diner owned by a man with questionable hygiene who has a prom carnation (and possibly Walt Disney) in his freezer, then reluctantly falling in with the local theater group (at least one of whom would spell it "theatre") after his wife falls for another man and empties his bank account. Follow Lee Harris, who desperately tries to make sense of a new life that seems perversely committed to thwarting his efforts. You'll also follow the "writers," Geoff (the man with the world's largest head) and Steve (who thinks Othello is a board game), who banter, argue and comment throughout the narrative.