Lea Hall

Imaginary Endings Lea Hall

Set in present time Sarasotaand looping back seventy-four years to Los Angelesand Philadelphia, ImaginaryEndings is a first novel about the power of the trained imagination to healand assist in dying well. The threads of yoga, shamanism, and the new scienceof psychoneuroimmunology converge at a holistic health center built around a warmmineral spring named for Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of healing. There Ivyand Daniel White, a yogi and a shaman, together with other experts, reshapemodern medical and health practices by teaching people to control their bodies'cells. Meanwhile, there's a mystery unfolding in the Whites' neighborhood ofHeron Cove, where an inordinate number of people are dying of natural causes,which gathers the attention of the media and the law. This seriouslyentertaining story of love and friendship is permeated with information abouthealing arts and visualization and posits a personal solution to the fierydebate over the right to die with dignity. Imaginary Endings, a novel ofideas, places a delicate matter at the heart of a good read and is sure toelicit intense discussions in book clubs that enjoy visionary fiction.