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“With unblinking honesty, Blueprints offers, chapter by chapter, an unforgettable search for self that’s painful, humorous, loving and astonishing at every turn. Every story told is rich with human detail, wonderful surprise. Using the theme of remodeling a home, Richard Heller’s “Alan” gradually rebuilds himself and his world. We, as readers, are privileged to witness a life revealed with Heller’s authenticity and depth.” ~ Holly Prado Northup
“A wonderful, odd book, it is the story of a ferocious heart determined to open to the world -- all of the world – no matter what the odds or obstacles. At turns deeply painful and very funny, tragic and goofy, Heller pulls the reader into a life fully lived: What other author could say “hiking with a wound that’s not life-threatening always seems to lessen the pain” and know exactly what that entails?” ~ Ronald Sharrin Ph.D.
“Early on in Richard Heller’s anecdotal and picaresque BLUEPRINTS, Heller’s protagonist, Alan, must ride and break a dangerous rearing horse; when they fall to the earth, Alan, unhurt, leans close to the horse and whispers: ‘You can no longer do this and I’m going to stay with you and help you’...and so Alan does – with this wayward horse. And so Richard Heller does – with this feral wild child of a book until, with the help of a variety of beloved horses, dogs, the great outdoors, a woman, a child, a house, and a remarkable array of American and Scottish friends, Alan finds his way back to the path. A path filled with the complexity of resentment and passion, rebellion and tenderness, where a wounded man, still searching, is on his heartfelt journey, headed home.” ~ Garrett M. Brown |
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