Stories of the Human HeartLillian on Sunday: Stories of the Human Heart is an elegant and lively collection of highly entertaining short stories exploring the rich nature of human existence. From love stories to city fables to ghost stories , these illuminating tales are filled with engaging individuals coming face-to-face with the unexpected realities of life. Some of the stories are finely chiseled vignettes, ending with a gut punch. Others are insightful, intense character studies leaving the reader with a poignancy that lingers:
A lonely woman picks up a young and handsome stranger in a Montreal park and discovers there is more than meets the eye…a retired high school Latin teacher receives a cryptic note from a former student and is forced to face his past…a down on her luck ex-food critic in London cooks up a brilliant scheme to keep on eating for free…an anxious woman from Long Island tries hypnotherapy to get over her fear of flying and ends up taking the trip she will never forget…an actor’s ‘big night’ on Broadway goes horribly off script when an audience member tries to steal the show... Lillian on Sunday takes the traditions of the classics and gives them a current and sophisticated twist. Charming, dark, and often wickedly humorous, these exquisitely crafted stories move, surprise and delight. |
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Reviews
"Exquisite writing...a breath of fresh air to modern literature."
– Jason Crager, author of Unbridled Humanity
"Snapshots of life, moments experienced by people who are in doubt or utterly lost. Light, dark, mysterious, entertaining. Tender and memorable."
– Amalia Gkavea, reviewer, The Opinionated Reader
"Mr. Walfish is a master of the written word."
– Catherine Beeman, reviewer, Your Book Group
"His ability to tell the tale, with the minimum of words, is unrivaled."
-K.J. Walker, author on Booksie
"Great powers of description."
– Chris Green, author of Nightswimming
"This collection is thought-provoking...I am impressed with how quickly the stories developed, with how deep a story can go so quickly."
– Tyler Baker, reviewer, Books and Stuff Reviews
"The characters and the truths are all universal and ageless."
– Nicholas Cochran, author of Fatal Flaw
Lionel Walfish has lived in Montreal, Manhattan, Paris and Toronto. He began his writing career in Montreal working with the advertising department of Steinberg's grocery store, where for several years he shared fun times and jokes over lunch each day with a very young and talented Doris Giller, long before she became a pioneering female journalist and namesake of the Scotiabank Giller Prize. She and Lionel used to compete to see who could tell the funniest stories and, of course, Doris always won.
Later, Lionel entered the world of high fashion when he moved to Manhattan and landed a job as personal assistant to designer Anne Klein. Hiring him for his good looks, Anne taught him, among many things, how to make the perfect martini to serve at her extravagant parties, and how to dance the peppermint twist so he could accompany her to the trend-setting Peppermint Lounge (the precursor to Studio 54) where together they made a nightly sensation. A quick relocation to Paris saw Lionel further developing his skills as a fiction writer which he used two years later when he returned to Canada and was hired to write scripts for television.
A recurring motif throughout Lionel’s life has been his startling chance encounters and interactions with some very famous celebrities from the past…riding alone in an New York elevator with an agitated Marilyn Monroe as she murmured, “Oh, I am so late—what will they say?,” and then later seeing her sing "Happy Birthday" to J.F.K. that same night on the television (after being introduced as the 'late' Marilyn Monroe)…coming eye to eye with a towering Rock Hudson smiling down at him in the aisle of Carnegie Hall during the intermission of Judy Garland's "Concert of the Century," and then being jostled by him gently in order to get by...asking a familiar looking older gentleman seated next to him in Hawaii, “Excuse me, sir, do you know the Walfishs of Montreal?” followed by the man’s response, "No, son, but your parents might have seen me in their living room—I’m Jack Benny.”
Throughout his career in advertising, fashion design and television, Lionel has always pursued a life-long passion for short-story writing. His stories have won several awards with the WILDsound Writing Festival in Los Angeles and Toronto and have appeared in the anthology, The Ronin Express. His book, Lillian on Sunday, illustrates his mastery of the craft as well as his deep understanding of the beauty, pain and humor locked in every human heart.
Later, Lionel entered the world of high fashion when he moved to Manhattan and landed a job as personal assistant to designer Anne Klein. Hiring him for his good looks, Anne taught him, among many things, how to make the perfect martini to serve at her extravagant parties, and how to dance the peppermint twist so he could accompany her to the trend-setting Peppermint Lounge (the precursor to Studio 54) where together they made a nightly sensation. A quick relocation to Paris saw Lionel further developing his skills as a fiction writer which he used two years later when he returned to Canada and was hired to write scripts for television.
A recurring motif throughout Lionel’s life has been his startling chance encounters and interactions with some very famous celebrities from the past…riding alone in an New York elevator with an agitated Marilyn Monroe as she murmured, “Oh, I am so late—what will they say?,” and then later seeing her sing "Happy Birthday" to J.F.K. that same night on the television (after being introduced as the 'late' Marilyn Monroe)…coming eye to eye with a towering Rock Hudson smiling down at him in the aisle of Carnegie Hall during the intermission of Judy Garland's "Concert of the Century," and then being jostled by him gently in order to get by...asking a familiar looking older gentleman seated next to him in Hawaii, “Excuse me, sir, do you know the Walfishs of Montreal?” followed by the man’s response, "No, son, but your parents might have seen me in their living room—I’m Jack Benny.”
Throughout his career in advertising, fashion design and television, Lionel has always pursued a life-long passion for short-story writing. His stories have won several awards with the WILDsound Writing Festival in Los Angeles and Toronto and have appeared in the anthology, The Ronin Express. His book, Lillian on Sunday, illustrates his mastery of the craft as well as his deep understanding of the beauty, pain and humor locked in every human heart.
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