a fable for children and their parents
Children’s Fiction
Date Published: April 15, 2022
Publisher: LWL Books
A novella-length fable about young Brian confined to a bare white room with
a mysterious illness. Mervyn, a mere house painter, is hired as the only
non-abstract artist to paint Brian’s room with the realistic scenes now
missing from his life in the fantastic, modern yet magical village of
Sandstone-by-the-Sea where Witches and Wizards attend the local Chamber of
Commerce. Mervyn stuns all with artwork so real he creates a new, and better
world. Complications of a satiric, comedic and fantastic nature soon follow
as all the tourists only want to have Mervyn do something like that for
them, or to visit Brian’s room for a fee charged by his father. As these
complications climax Mervyn is chased by a mob but paints a figurative and
actual storm in which he escapes in a tidy ending that restores order and
leaves Brian with an extra sense of wonder….
About the Author
Lance Lee is a poet whose “Elemental Natures” caps a lifetime of
poetry, a novelist “Second Chances” and “Orpheus Rising”
(A Best book of 2021, Indie), and playwright “Times Up And Other
plays.” As an environmentalist he was instrumental in the creation of
the state part system in the Santa Monica Mountains running into Los
Angeles. Now concentrating on children’s literature, “Orpheus
Rising” was published in 2021, an epic fantasy for children and their
parents, to wide acclaim, and this year he will bring out “The Tale Of
Brian And The House Painter Mervyn” (April 15, 2022).
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