Description
A young boy visits a friend’s house and reflects on his own dysfunctional family. After his engagement falls apart, a man must deal with the flood of no-longer-necessary wedding presents. A professional eulogist takes on a living client. A woman gets a summer job as a magician’s assistant, which proves less magical than she’d hoped. A man’s daughter wants him to clean out her late mother’s closet, but maybe those clothes can bring him solace. In The Price of Their Toys, the men and boys (and one woman) each get a sudden, clear understanding of themselves as someone less than they had hoped to be. From story to story, John P. Loonam builds a mosaic of modern life, charged with the arrogance of youth, the despair of aging, and the prices we pay along the way.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: John P. Loonam
Published: 02/17/2026
Publisher: Cornerstone Press
ISBN: 9781968148348
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 0.41″ H x 8.50″ L x 5.50″ W
About the Author
Loonam, John P.: – john P. Loonam is the author of Music the World Makes (2026). A teacher in New York’s public schools for thirty-five years, he lives with his wife Maria in Brooklyn, near his sons John James and Joseph.
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