Marilyn, Men and the Search for Love

The Possibility of Dreaming on a Night Without Stars is a novel by Michael Kaufman, looking at one man’s search for a perfect love. Available now in ebook format from Shopkeeper Press.

What do Marilyn Monroe; love; a mid-forties male high school teacher; a smart, beautiful, but less-than-perfect woman; and, well, you, have in common?

The answer: more than you might imagine.

I don’t want to give away the plot, but let me just say The Possibility of Dreaming on a Night Without Stars starts in the early spring with a story from a crazy old hitchhiker who says that not so long ago he saw Marilyn Monroe in a farmhouse somewhere in Ohio. As bizarre as this might be, the tale plants itself in Eli Schuman’s mind and won’t let go. The more he thinks about Marilyn, the more obsessed he becomes. Off he goes in search of this icon of the perfect woman.

Eli is actually involved in two summer-long searches. You see, the divorced Eli has been long searching for a perfect woman for himself. Now, you and I know that any of us, male or female, looking for the perfect woman or the perfect man is in for a perfectly miserable time. Eli, though, has yet to figure this out.

It’s when he meets a woman who unexpectedly challenges his idea of perfection that Eli’s deepest journey really begins.’


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