THE FLYING BOY LETTERS: Getting Back to Y’all 30 Years Later

In his latest work John Lee finally answers mail written to him nearly three decades ago when his first two bestselling books were penned. After an illustrious career publishing twenty psychological self-help books poetry and a novel and helping thousands of people release and heal the emotional wounds in their lives teaching workshops being a leader in the Men?s Movement and Recovery Movement lecturing at conferences and privately counseling a forced slow-down of life landed him for over a year at his quiet mountain cottage. While cleaning out his old office Lee stumbled across a box of mail written to him nearly thirty year ago in the wake of the publication of his seminal psychological memoir ?The Flying Boy: Healing the Wounded Man? and ?The Flying Boy II: The Journey Continues? both published by Health Communications Inc. A wave of guilt washed over him. These were letters he?d meant to reply to as soon as he got a chance after this weekend speaking in Phoenix that trip to Australia after the Mentone Men?s conference co-hosted with Robert Bly just as soon as the book got to the publisher after after after? And so these letters ? pleas for advice thank you?s stories from hundreds whose lives were changed ? faded into gray only to be unearthed in a dusty box and gone through by John?s assistant Kat Hrdina. It was at her suggestion that John is now reaching out across time and space replying with insight and compassion and a perspective given to him by so much more time and life experience than he had when those first two books were written. After all this time although the original letter writers may never be found (or are already underground) all readers will see bits and pieces of themselves in the lives of the letter writers as well as in the experiences John shares. He speaks to his readers from a place of empathy and experience a former Flying Boy catching up with the people whose lives he touched by sharing his thoughts and years of training therapists and the general public. John weaves personal anecdotes of his life and experiences in his illustrious career with poetry stories and fables Eastern and Western spirituality philosophy and psychology in a down to earth language. Some are heartbreaking some will make you laugh out loud some will make you see yourself more clearly and all are loving and heartfelt.

Paperback: 232 pages

Publisher: Teitelbaum (March 1 2019)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1733798080

ISBN-13: 978-1733798082

Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches

Shipping Weight: 4 ounces