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A Decency Zone - Couverture souple

Jefferys, Macon

 
9780595487738: A Decency Zone
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595487734 ISBN 13 : 9780595487738
Editeur : iUniverse, 2008

Synopsis

A lonely reporter on a southern daily newspaper becomes obsessed with a beautiful young woman only to find himself entangled in the bleak life of a prostitute. The complicated relationship is mired in a small city's political shenanigans and journalistic ambivalences. The reporter wrestles with his tangled feelings and a society's mixed morality while working at a career that has dominated his existence.Complicating his life more is interactions with fellow workers who have serious personal problems of their own. The book explores the difficulty of finding an honest and moral position in a world of contradictions.This happenchance meeting of a reporter and a prostitute forces an exploration of personal and societal assumptions.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A lonely reporter on a southern daily newspaper becomes obsessed with a beautiful young woman only to find himself entangled in the bleak life of a prostitute. The complicated relationship is mired in a small city's political shenanigans and journalistic ambivalences. The reporter wrestles with his tangled feelings and a society's mixed morality while working at a career that has dominated his existence.Complicating his life more is interactions with fellow workers who have serious personal problems of their own. The book explores the difficulty of finding an honest and moral position in a world of contradictions.This happenchance meeting of a reporter and a prostitute forces an exploration of personal and societal assumptions.

Biographie de l'auteur

Macon Jefferys is a journalist, now retired, who devotes his time to writing novels with social psychological themes. He is the author of the novel,Crazy Man. Jefferys has a lifetime interest in mental health and holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in counseling and sociology. He lives in Raleigh, NC.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595487734
ISBN 13 
9780595487738
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
202
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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