Ambrosia - Softcover

Benson, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0999623001 ISBN 13: 9780999623008

Publisher: Ann Benson, 2019

Synopsis

“ . . .and with women, even if you didn’t do anything wrong, you gotta apologize. Like this: ‘Oh,Honey, I’m so sorry, I was a great big s*** and I promise I won’t ever do it again.’” He smiled. “There. Just like that.” Excellent advice from a homeless man to his new friend, a self-proclaimed Greek god, as he pursues the soul of a mortal Earth woman. By night the painfully mortal Regina Bugbee runs an outreach center near Bellevue Hospital for vulnerable men who fear the larger shelters. By day she cares for the impaired man who would have been her husband, had he not been hurt running toward—not away from—the collapsing Twin Towers. She struggles through this tangled life, striving to reclaim the impossibly blue sky of that jarring day, five years before, when the future arrived. Then one winter night, the future arrives again. This time it’s in the form of a baffling, unconventional and possibly insane stranger who claims to be, of all things, immortal. He’s brought to her center by cops after a skirmish with one of her regulars. She thought she'd seen it all, but he’s too clean, too sober, and too articulate to fit the usual mold; he’s odd and quirky and—above all, fascinating. Despite the skepticism of her coworkers, friends and therapist, Gina digs into his incomprehensible past in an attempt to decipher his mystery. She enlists the aid of another client, who overcomes his initial dislike and befriends the stranger. Together these mismatched souls embark on a bizarre and convoluted trek through the glories of lower Manhattan, trading their unique perspectives on the nature of the Cosmos. And even though she cannot seem to pin him down, Gina continues to hover over this enigmatic stranger with as much diligence as all her clients, all the while sloshing forward in her quest to find contentment in her own life. A treasured and admired coworker wants to help her find that peace, but Gina cannot bring herself to abandon the hero she once loved. The stranger has a thing or two to say about that. And he needs something from her, just one small thing, to find his own clarity: he needs her to believe that he is indeed who he says he is. Easier said than done.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ann Benson
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0999623001
• ISBN 13: 9780999623008
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 282