Kansas State Archivist Don Pady is drawn to colorful, unique characters;
Jerry Engler's first two books of fiction short stories demonstrate "why he is considered a strong voice of small-town America," writes Kansas State Archivist Don Pady at Spencer Library of the University of Kansas.
Pady said Engler's stories illustrate that "what is easiest to love about humanity is the uniqueness of each individual."
In Engler's books, Just Folks: Earthy Tales of the Prairie Heartland, and A Heartland Voice: Just Folks Two, you will discover colorful characters and mythical farm communities where everyone knows everyone else well enough to know their names, "and love each other despite that."
Engler's third book, Highly Embellished Truth & Some Poetry: Just Folks Three, was just released in December, 2008.
My second book is about a boy who has Asperger's Syndrome and is bullied to the point to where he shoots up his school. I have divided the excerpts from it into three parts: Before, during and after the shooting.
A teenage boy struggling with the coming-of-age issues of sexuality, religion, and peer approval is overwhelmed, but soldiers on. After several years, he comes to understand the family forces that have left him so deeply troubled, and the process of
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