AWARD-WINNING BOOK TAKES AIM AT MAKEOVER CULTURE"

Mayhaven Publishing is pleased to announce the publication of ELATED BY DETAILS, a collection of award-winning short stories by Adam Freedman. These witty and wise stories lampoon our current obsession with remaking ourselves.

Winner of the Mayhaven Award for Fiction, Elated by Details is a collection of twelve original short stories.

The book pokes fun at the American obsession with reinventing ourselves - an obsession lately seen in the rash of "makeover" TV shows. The characters of these diverse stories know that life holds something better for them, and they're determined to get it. With mischief and cunning, they search for escape routes from the schools, jobs, and relationships that seem to hold them back. What they find are ever more creative ways to avoid the messy business of growing up.

People are already talking about ELATED BY DETAILS. Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International and author of The Future of Freedom says Freedman has a novelists eye and a comedy-writers pace."    

Adam Freedman writes with a refreshing tartness. Wry, witty, sharp and effervescent, these stories are like a gin and tonic on a summer afternoon," says Rob Long, author of Conversations With My Agent.

ELATED BY DETAILS is available at bookstores, online booksellers, and directly from the publisher (217-586-4493). More information about the book and the author is available at www.adamfreedman.net