The German Financier's Daughter

She ain't gorgeous, she just looks that way.

When Zebedee hooks up a with girl from Frankfurt on a beach on the Sea of Galilee, he assumes it's going to be just another holiday romance. But as the nights grow longer, and the time left before her flight home gets shorter, you begin to wonder if he might be in for the ride of his life.

This collection of fourteen stories starts off looking a lot like fiction. But slowly it dawns on you, they might actually be about fiction. The kind we all use to invent an identity for ourselves, building from the raw materials of memories, dreams, and wishes for a life that's better than the one we have. Anything that comes to hand is fair game – a polaroid snapshot from a happier time, something you overheard in the waiting room, a line from song that speaks to something we all need.

It's a message of hope. Speaking a faith that it really is possible to weave memories and imaginary worlds into something more enduring.

Like whirlwind of sex and sand.

Or maybe even love.