Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
"In 1933 Nebraska, a young man's departed wife uses a magic door to convince him his life is still destined to be quite amazing, even without her."
Best described as an Americana Fantasy, HARRY'S DOOR is set amidst the dusty back roads of 1933 Nebraska during The Great Depression. This touching, yet humorous tale involves a down-and-out young man named Harry Middleman, who can't seem to let the spirit of his deceased wife Bethany go and just move on with his life without her. Anytime he sets up their old house door he keeps stored in the back of his vintage truck, Beth walks right through it, always encouraging him to never give up on his big dream of starting his own irrigation business, even though the Midwest has been plagued with drought for several months. This of course complicates Beth's main mission to wean Harry off of her so she can go on up to Heaven where she belongs, but Harry is having none of it. He still needs his beloved Beth more than life itself and will never be ready to let go of her, no matter how hard she tries to convince him otherwise. Beth soon devises a clever master plan to utilize an old ghost town to her advantage by filing it up with many strange and wonderful characters who will be essential to Harry's future success and happiness, including an ornery fourteen-year-old tomboy named Savanna, who can outwit and out-swing anyone twice her age. Things get further complicated when a mysterious angel with dove-like wings appears, clearly harboring a hidden agenda of her own. Strange thing is, the angel looks an awful lot like Beth, but she doesn't speak at all, and can only communicate with crude wall drawings that come to life. When Harry's enchanted door suddenly closes on its own and locks the angel out of Heaven, it only frustrates him even further as to what his is supposed to do here to make this dire situation right. Add in one simpleton conman named Nigel, who attempts to use the angel's healing powers to his advantage, and one angry schoolteacher named Mrs. Langley, who believes the angel is here to initiate the Apocalypse, and Harry is left scratching his foggy head in more ways than one. Will poor Harry figure out how to unlock his stubborn door and send the angel on home where she belongs, and will he also find the courage to let Beth's spirit go in the process? Experience the amazing wonders of HARRY'S DOOR to find out.
EDWARD MARION also writes under the pseudonyms EDWARD COSTA for Mysteries and General Fiction (GIRL ON DEATH ROW), and EDWARD PRIMM for more traditional Action Fantasy (ELF PRINCESS OF ROYANN).