What does it mean to work for a living?

Told in short prose, Glass Bricks tells the story of Lester’s experience working both traditional and non-traditional jobs. Sometimes raw and often humourous, Lester shares stories about learning to work, working, and moving on. Glass Bricks explores the significance of our basic human right to work in an era where the struggle to find meaningful, full-time employment is all too real.

• Cover
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Part 1 – Learning Work Ethic
  • Lesson: Suck It Up
  • Job: Frozen Eyes
  • Lesson: Bosses Are Fallible
  • Job: Screen Door
  • Lesson: Stay Awake
  • Job: I Will Not Give Him a Name
  • Lesson: Getting Away With It
  • Job: Wobbling
  • Lesson: Take Pride In Your Work
• Part 2 – Take A Risk
  • Job: Is It Real?
  • The First
  • Mechanical Snippets (1977) 1 - 5
• Part 3 – More Work Ethic
  • Lesson: Stick to Your Guns
  • Job: Solo Night Shift
  • Lesson: Sell Yourself
  • Job: Get the Dirt Out From Under Your Nails
  • Lesson: Everyone Needs Company
  • Job: Chewed Up and Spit Out
  • Lesson: Is the Cookie Worth It?
  • Job: Classical Conditioning
  • Lesson: You Can’t Always Win
  • Job: Effectively Directing Your Anger
  • Lesson: What You Don’t Know Can’t Hurt You
  • Job: Quick Money
  • Lesson: Pull Together
  • Job: Looking Down
  • Lesson: No Time For Play
  • Job: Glass Bricks
  • Lesson: Cleaning Always Seems to be Involved
  • Job: Cleaning Music
  • Lesson: Consider the Practical
  • Job: Contours
  • Lesson: It’s Not Always Easy to Rein It In
  • Job: Caught in a Cloud
  • Lesson: Patience Rewarded
  • Job: Opening the Car Door
  • Lesson: Pushing Through
  • Job: Mops, Envelopes, and Numbers
• Part 4 – Using Every Skill You’ve Ever Learned
  • Teaching Junior High (1987 – 1994) 1 - 9
  • A Year Off to Write (1994 – 1995)
    • 1. Saturday at the Group Home
    • 2. Explaining Gatsby
  • Teaching Senior High (1995 – 2012) 1 - 5
  • Notes on Sources
• Acknowledgements