Waiting for Willie
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“Waiting for Willie” is the tale of Jesse Parker, a young boy haunted by the dead father he barely remembers. Jesse’s
mother rarely mentions her late husband. Jesse’s maternal grandmother has only bad things to say about the man. An old stack of Willie Nelson tapes are among the few things adding color to Jesse’s faded memories of “Daddy.” Compounding Jesse and his mother’s troubles is the “water bandit,” an unknown person who nightly floods their yard. Following a failed attempt to unmask the water bandit, Jesse stumbles upon The Mill, a bar which Daddy often referred to as his "second home."At The Mill, Jesse meets several of his late father’s friends: skydivers, musicians, bartenders, cooks, drinkers, dreamers, and desperados.
They share stories of Norse gods, jumping from airplanes, barroom brawls, and other tales of Daddy. The Mill folks view Jesse’s afternoon visits as a boy wanting to learn more about his dead father. To Jesse, any one of The Mill’s irregular characters could be the water bandit. As he charts his boyhood investigation into The Mill, Jesse learns that Willie Nelson is coming to town.
And the countdown begins.
Can Jesse solve the case of the water bandit before Willie’s arrival and summer¹s end? And how much will Jesse learn of his father’s life and death before his mother discovers his secret trips to The Mill?
"Waiting for Willie” is a novel about seekers and dreamers. It is peopled with extraordinary characters trapped in the joys and sorrows of ordinary lives. It is about travelers seeking
refuge from an odyssey of grief, loners discovering family in the mythos of a bar, and searchers finding meaning in their daily routines.
“Waiting for Willie” is the story of how one life can affect numerous people and how each individual views that life from a different perspective.
mother rarely mentions her late husband. Jesse’s maternal grandmother has only bad things to say about the man. An old stack of Willie Nelson tapes are among the few things adding color to Jesse’s faded memories of “Daddy.” Compounding Jesse and his mother’s troubles is the “water bandit,” an unknown person who nightly floods their yard. Following a failed attempt to unmask the water bandit, Jesse stumbles upon The Mill, a bar which Daddy often referred to as his "second home."At The Mill, Jesse meets several of his late father’s friends: skydivers, musicians, bartenders, cooks, drinkers, dreamers, and desperados.
They share stories of Norse gods, jumping from airplanes, barroom brawls, and other tales of Daddy. The Mill folks view Jesse’s afternoon visits as a boy wanting to learn more about his dead father. To Jesse, any one of The Mill’s irregular characters could be the water bandit. As he charts his boyhood investigation into The Mill, Jesse learns that Willie Nelson is coming to town.
And the countdown begins.
Can Jesse solve the case of the water bandit before Willie’s arrival and summer¹s end? And how much will Jesse learn of his father’s life and death before his mother discovers his secret trips to The Mill?
"Waiting for Willie” is a novel about seekers and dreamers. It is peopled with extraordinary characters trapped in the joys and sorrows of ordinary lives. It is about travelers seeking
refuge from an odyssey of grief, loners discovering family in the mythos of a bar, and searchers finding meaning in their daily routines.
“Waiting for Willie” is the story of how one life can affect numerous people and how each individual views that life from a different perspective.
