Idle Essence

In this collection of short stories and novellas, Lee Mueller examines what it was like growing up in the Midwest in the 1970s through the character of Marvin Milstead. Marvin is an only child left to his own devices, imagination, and idleness. The stories explore different points and events in Marvin’s life from the first day of kindergarten with Kitties In The Garden through the divorce of his parents and being raised by grandparents and a single mother in the stories For A Change and What's In There. Chocked full of humor and nostalgia set against the backdrop of the Nixon and Ford years.