The Wire Donkey

No gf, no car, his job stacking produce in question, twenty-year-old Ocean Gebthart watches his good works project--Oregon Organ Donors League--blow up. He must leave town. And does with a wise, older woman. By turns sacred and secular, Ocean journeys to discover his calling in life, riding his wire donkey across a Rose City known for beer, bikes and books.Some advance praise for The Wire Donkey"With The Wire Donkey, Charlie Dickinson offers a kaleidoscopic tour of the Pacific Northwest--from hipster Eugene to alternative lifestyle Portland--in a bildungsroman with an edge."--J. Sydney Jones, author of the Viennese Mystery series, including Requiem in Vienna and The Empty Mirror"The Wire Donkey captures the essense of Generation Y."--Antonio Graceffo, author of The Monk from Brooklyn"Dickinson shows the honesty and vibrancy of youth with a voice all his own. The Wire Donkeyis about the search for meaning, and in the end it finds it.--Edgar Nicaud, author of Tremble + Ennui Charlie Dickinson's fiction appears online at Amarillo Bay, Eclectica, The Literary Yard, Mississippi Review, Southern Cross Review and elsewhere. His essays and numerous book reviews have appeared at several websites, including Hackwriters, Portland Tribune, Savoy and Slashdot. He lives in Portland, Oregon.