Category: Relationships Publisher: All Things That Matter Press
ISBN-10: 0985006676
Type: Fiction
Pages: 175
Copyright: May 2012
ISBN-13: 9780985006679
The journey of self-discovery that child of divorce takes.
The journey we are on is a difficult one, even more for those from a broken home. Follow one boy as he searches for the two desires we all have in common: to be accepted by others and to be truly happy.
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Ever since the advent of the "confesson" novel, memoirs have become big business. Everyone from the latest celebrity to the neighbor's hamster has one out. I approached Philip Nork's with caution. A boy's journey based on real events. A familiar road here?
By the end of chapter one, my fears fell away. By the end of chapter two, I was swept up in the poignancy and power of Nork's writing. Yes, the novel is based on the author's life. Yes, it's about subjects of which we are quite familiar. Divorce, isolation, fear, rejection. But Nork's handling of these subjects brings us back to universal themes that we can all identify with at some point in our lives. He elevates this journey beyond the specific of his life. He weaves a tale connected to each and every one of us.
In its most simple description, this book is about a boy's journey through the pain of childhood. But it's about far more. It's about those truths that cannot be put into a blog, a review, or a blurb. They are the truths of life. The truths of self-discovery. Our truths.
Roses tell a story
A yellow rose for Lisa whom he met at the bowling alley and grew up with. Red and white roses for Mary, the first girl he thought he might be falling in love with. A yellow rose for Joyce who was a lover of women but relied heavily on Phil. And of course a red rose for Star, the one who... Well, to be honest, you need to let him be the one to tell you this ballad of beauty, women you could talk to and be friends with, and the meaning behind a gift of roses. In his book Misguided Sensitivity, Phil Nork takes you through a variety of very touching, sensitive, and warmly portrayed women that helped to shape his life as a man. From his divorced mother and nurturing grandmother, to the first date, and the first love, he takes us on a journey of growth, development as a person, and deepening of understanding across the broad and varied landscape of real-life relationships.
The book is very frank and open, giving us insight into the mind of a sensitive man who cares more about the woman than he does himself. He shares with us the life lessons he learned along the way, listing them for us in a slowly built set of rules for living. You need to read it for yourself.
I met Jerome on a busy city street in Baltimore, Maryland, when he was forty-five years old. On that particular day, I was out and about, enjoying a much-needed day off from work.
I wanted to purchase a sukiyaki sub. I parked my car in an area of
I met Jerome on a busy city street in Baltimore, Maryland, when he was forty-five years old. On that particular day, I was out and about, enjoying a much-needed day off from work.
I wanted to purchase a sukiyaki sub. I parked my car in an area of
