It struck me that a child's world is made up of such categorical imperatives. Experiences are unique. Laws are absolute. You cannot have any candy. At Tillie's age it meant you can never have any candy. You must go to your room meant you must go there forever.
Discover a new way of seeing the world with L.J. Schneiderman's latest short story collection, Have a Beautiful Day Hot Air Balloons.
Readers will move fluidly through the lives, loves, and dramas of various different characters, all of whom nevertheless evoke a deep sense of compassion as we witness some of the most precarious moments of their lives.
Whether it is a grandfather attempting to comfort his newly fatherless granddaughter or a nurse who finally reveals the mystery behind her patient's secretive visitor, each story contained within Have a Beautiful Day Hot Air Balloons deftly examines the struggles and triumphs that make life worth living.
Glimpse the lives, deaths, fantasies, humor and memories that shape the individual experiences we call "human" with this moving short story collection that will linger long after the last page is closed.
About the Author: L.J. Schneiderman graduated with a BA in English literature from Yale University before earning a MD from Harvard Medical School.
Currently an emeritus professor at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, where he founded the Family Medicine residency program, Schneiderman was also the founding co-chair of the UCSD Medical Center Ethics Committee.
A recipient of the Pellegrino Medal in medical ethics, Schneiderman has published a number of medical and scientific works, as well as the novel Sea Nymphs by the Hour and various short stories. He has been recognized for both his fiction and plays with the Drama-Logue Award, Beverly Hills Theater Guild Award, Pushcart Award nomination, and more.
Schneiderman lives in Del Mar, California.
