All the Happiness You Deserve

ISBN: 1482958309

Author: Michael Piafsky

Condition: New

Product Description [Read by Lloyd James]Michael Piafsky's captivating, Tarot-inspired debut depicts the dramatic arc of an Everyman's life from childhood to old age. -- An Everyman searches for truth and meaning in a life fraught with unsettling challenges, joyful milestones, and the unconscious awareness of the passage of time. The seventy-eight evocative cards of the Tarot deck frame the narrator's story as he journeys through the phases of his life from childhood to old age. Michael Piafsky's dazzling debut novel offers a new and important voice to lovers of literary fiction. About the Author Michael Piafsky is an assistant professor and the director of creative writing at Spring Hill College in Alabama. The Missouri native earned an MA in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University and a PhD from the University of Missouri. A former editor of the Missouri Review, Piafsky has published fiction and nonfiction in such journals as Meridian, Epic, and Bar Stories. A chapter from All the Happiness You Deserve was published by the Jabberwock Review and nominated for a Pushcart Prize.