Metamorphosis: In Pursuit of Something Better Book Two

by Ed Varnum

Marty Mayes stared at the red spiral notebook and the date he had written almost eight years November 22, 1963.

The notebook was a journal that began as a high school English assignment in September of 1963, a journal that became a daily practice for him long after the one-week assignment had ended. It was a serendipitous find the night before, squirrelled away in his old bedroom at his parent’s home. It was serendipitous because 1963-64, Marty’s high school freshman year, created experiences and insights that shaped each year that followed. He needed all he had learned that transformative year because Marty was facing personal change and upheaval like never before. Marty turned from the notebook to his typewriter and began to write his first-person account of that pivotal year of discovery.

The novel, Metamorphosis, is the coming-of-age story of a young teen during the turbulent 1960’s. It is a story of first love and new-found self-awareness, a ringing discernment of societal injustice and prejudice, and the realization of abiding hope through caring family, lifetime friendships, and enduring faith.

287 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 20, 2024

About the author

Ed Varnum lives with his wife, Jan, in Pierpont, a small village nestled in the middle of Rock Bridge State Park, south of Columbia, Missouri. Varnum has found this home, surrounded with trees and blessed with frequent visits by deer, raccoons, rabbits and far too many squirrels, the perfect haven of inspiration for his music compositions and creative writing. Ed and Jan have four children, three grandchildren. They share their home with a lively black and tan Morkie named Macy, who does her best to keep the squirrel population on its toes.