Lloyd Edelberg is a novelist and short story writer. His provocative prose underlies his offbeat tales where his plots often explore the challenges of making a meaningful romantic and spiritual connection. His former background in advertising as an award winning copywriter informs his writing style which distills everything down to its essence. If you’re looking for a formula book from an airport best seller stand, you won’t find it here. What you will find is a creative style and a story path that leads you to interesting places in a way you’ve never experienced before. Lloyd was born in Montreal, Canada and currently lives in the California desert where he resides with his wife, Susan.
Sean Richardson, aged 17, has a large nose, widely different size ears, a weak chin and thick curly hair that he battles with every day. He is obsessed with his imperfections that are all in his mind. He is absolutely normal looking. As a result of his distorted self-image, he is insecure, lacks confidence with girls and a girlfriend is what he would most like in life. Not just any girl but Alicia Meyers who he believes to be beautiful, smart, sophisticated and seemingly unattainable. His concerned parents send their 17-year old son to a highly recommended adolescent therapist. Dr. G. as likes to be called is anything but conventional.
David’s life is missing something. He has an unrewarding job and a girlfriend unwilling to marry him. It all changes one evening when he goes to a Kaballah class to learn about Jewish mysticism in order to find a deeper meaning to his life. There he meets the Devil who is posing as a life insurance salesman. When the Devil tells David that he can fulfill his deepest wishes with no strings attached, David is all in.
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Boondocks
You can find yourself in the middle of nowhere.
This is a coming of age, short story which takes place in 1967 in a small, Midwest college on the tip of Lake Superior in Wisconsin. Mark, an on-probation Freshman, needs to succeed against the odds of a culture that pits townies against college students and fosters bigotry in an atmosphere of isolation. In Edelberg’s ‘Up Lit’ story, you’ll find humor, anger, sadness and eventually hope.
Reviews
With humor, truth, empathy
★★★★★
and evolving clarity within the agony and ecstasy of advancing through young adulthood, Lloyd Edelberg speaks for each of us in this great read. This book is fun, reads fast, and leaves the reader wanting more. Any reader at any age will see his or herself in these pages, and will feel and remember their own growth. Wonderfully done.
–Loretta M.
I absolutely loved this book.
★★★★★
It brought back memories of the anxieties I experienced during high school. Exceptionally well written. Very funny. Mr. Edelberg is a very talented author.
–Larry H.
A humorous look back on what we felt in high school
★★★★★
and how we have grown and learned from that experience.
–Ilona P.