Showing results for "Evan" in Literary Fiction

Evan Calder took a government job because he believed he could make a difference. That was four years and fourteen failed project plans ago. Now he spends his mornings decoding contradictory emails from leadership ("Be bold. Also, don't do anything without approval."), his afternoons in meetings about meetings about meetings, and his evenings wondering why he still owns a leather portfolio his parents bought him when they thought he was going to change the world.

Dalle tradizioni sciamaniche impariamo che un’anima può prendere in prestito qualsiasi forma della natura – un merlo, una pianta, il vento – anche solo per un istante, giusto il tempo di un saluto di passaggio. Nel mezzo di una passeggiata nel giardino di casa, all’alba dei suoi...

Evan had a hit single, but that was 10 years ago. Thirty-one now, hes drifting, playing in a local band and teaching middle-aged men to coax music from an electric guitar. Now, 14 years later, he experiences unplanned parenthood when he undertakes to raise the resentful teenage son hes never known. Off beat and disarming, How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets portrays a contemporary American family with unfailing honesty.