[Stylist] book launch about a magic turtle, love and justice

[Ann Chiappetta]

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Behind Our Eyes Book Launch with author Leonard Tuchyner

Discussing his first novel, Merlyn the Magic Turtle a Story of Love and
Justice C 2022 

Interviewed by author and fellow BOE member, Brad Corallo followed by Q & A.

 

When: Monday, November 7 Time: 5:00 p.m. eastern time via Zoom - the Zoom
information is at the end of this announcement.

 

When Merlyn the turtle meets Leonard the man in the summer of 1968, neither
of them can possibly know how their friendship will deepen and endure.
Merlyn himself has no idea how he can talk. All they know, after a very
short while together, is that they need one another. Each of them proves to
be a willing listener to the other's litany of pain and lost relationships. 

 

 Several years before, Leonard's wife was badly injured in a terrible
motorcycle accident. When the story opens, Leonard doesn't know where Carla
is or what condition she's in. After the accident, Carla's father demanded
that Leonard stay away from her forever. 

 

At around the same time, Merlyn lost touch with Angela, the human girl he
had grown up with. After her family was killed in a car accident, Angela was
the only survivor. But where is she now? 

  

Complicating things for Leonard is that he has fallen in love again-this
time with Kira, the nurse who cared for him after he himself was badly hurt
in the motorcycle accident. Only gradually does he learn that she feels the
same about him. 

 

Throughout the book, Merlyn the Magic Turtle remains true to himself: often
smart-mouthed, but always smart. He might well outlive all his human
friends, but by the end of this imaginative and moving story, it's plain
that he has enriched the lives of all of them.     

To order Leonard's book, visit;:

 <https://www.dldbooks.com/tuchyner/> https://www.dldbooks.com/tuchyner/

 

 

 

Leonard Tuchyner was born in New Jersey in 1940. He has watched the world
change dramatically yet remain, in some ways, much the same. His lifelong
studies of spiritual and human issues have been strengthened by the
counseling work he has done for sixty years. His own gradual path into
blindness has brought him to an ever-growing understanding of disability and
inequity, as well as compassion for self and others. His work as a counselor
is now followed by a second vocation of writing poetry and prose, combined
with facilitating writing critique groups and a long-continuing "Writing for
Healing and Growth" group. He has one published book of poetry, Journey to
Elsewhere, and Merlyn is his first published novel. In addition, he has had
published hundreds of poems and short stories in magazines and anthologies.

 

Leonard lives in Virginia with his wife and two old dogs. His extended
family includes four adult children, five grandchildren, and two
great-grandchildren. He is an avid gardener and enjoys playing the
harmonica, with his wife on the piano.  



 

 

Behind Our Eyes Writers with Disabilities is inviting you to a scheduled
Zoom meeting.

 

Topic: BOE Book Launch with Author Leonard Tuchyner

Time: Nov 7, 2022, 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

 

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