Ten Metaphorical secrets stories of the many different types of love
The Ten Secrets of Love is a book that explores the most complex world of a multitude of types of “love.” The many impossibilities of “love” are at the core but, the quirky and odd, sometimes chaotic, sometimes exaggerated, characters and situations all approach realizing new love from many different angles and levels. Each story is like another step into an innovative discovery of what makes love happen and why chemistry and destiny and fate and accident all play a part in the inexplicable realm of love. This book is sweet and magical and creates a pensive teardrop or a wistful smile while delivering your heart and soul into realms of attraction and allure and revealing the Ten Secrets of Love.
Excerpt
We were in college, but that’s not an excuse for trying to ride an ostrich. It all started when Amanda Josephine, we just called her, ManJo, told everyone at the keg party that she knew where we could have more fun than a pocket full of salamanders. ManJo was a tall girl that used to play basketball until she found out that volleyball was easier. She said, “Why should I run up and down the court when I can stand in pretty much the same place and play ball.”
She was crazy and spirited and sometimes just way over the top. ManJo could be a daredevil. I was more on the cautious side.
Professional Reviews
simply amazing
Love. What is it really? Strictly matter of the heart or a helical reaction in our brains. Maybe both or probably neither at all. There are 10 secrets, 10 stories that flow with love or at least different versions of it. When I think love I think two lost souls who ultimately live happily. This book isn't like the others. You are inevitably taken into the moment and live out every word printed on the page. The metaphors create a great imagery. You are taken into each story and live as the characters do and feel everything exactly as they feel. Doug Hiser doesn't only tell you the good that come from love, in the beginning he explains the reality that love can be. My favorite secret of all of them is the fourth secret. This book is a must read. Surely this book cannot disappoint.
"Love is a kind of madness"
unique and touching
Unique and touching, compelling and mystical, offbeat characters and brilliant metaphorical literature. I read thrillers, mysteries, crime novels, classics but I loved reading this. Ten Secrets of Love I will call the ten metaphors of human emotion and the ten reasons to embrace this book. I was surprised, touched, happy and sad, amazed, and thoroughly loved every twist and turn of these secrets! All readers, young adult and older romantics, will find these secrets captivating and satisfying. Share this book and read it until the pages fall out-these secrets of love will stay in your mind and your heart always. Doug Hiser’s imagination and prose is sneaky and nuclear and pulls you into the many worlds of love!
i love a book that is even harder to put down
i have a hard time finding the time to read so when I do, I love a book that is even harder to put down. That's exactly how this book was. Such a feel-good collection of short stories!
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