"Sometimes you must listen to your heart, not just your head."
Jerry Gray is an average working man, a straight-arrow, a faithful
husband, good father, and solid provider. But now some very
non-average problems are threatening to overwhelm him. His marriage
is failing, his daughter may well be losing her fight with a rare
blood disease, and he is financially strapped from that illness and
paying his late father's nursing home and funeral expenses. He is
also frustrated because he cannot follow a long-held dream. Then,
at the worst possible time, he is laid off from his job. That is
the final blow that pushes Jerry to step outside his straight-arrow
existence--the one instilled in him by his late father--and take a
risk he would never have contemplated before: bet everything he has
left on one spin of the roulette wheel in Las Vegas. But news of
his quest finds its way into the media and before he knows it,
Gray's spin captures the imagination of millions. Many of them
decide they want to take their own spin with him in an effort to
break out of their dismal existence. Or just to take a chance on
something better. Hundreds show up at Jerry's house in Southern
California, hundreds more join him as he makes his way to Vegas and
The Spin. As the resulting media circus makes The Spin far more
than it was when it began, Jerry Gray realizes that it is a
powerful symbol for him and for others who have resisted stepping
beyond the usual and mundane in order to reach for the exceptional.
Along the way, we meet a fascinating cast of characters, each of
whom achieve a new life after participating in Gray's spin. There
is Chauncey, Jerry's and his late father's friend and co-worker,
who holds a deep, dark secret Jerry could have never guessed. A
beautiful would-be singer whose self-imposed limitations have
prevented her remarkable music from being heard. A throwback from
the "Summer of Love" whose odd advice and incantations urge them
all along to a new way of looking at life. A frustrated novelist
whose fear of failure stymies his stories before they are ever
committed to the page. The owners of a struggling off-the-strip
casino and the publisher of a gritty, girly magazine who realize
their own dreams when The Spin lands in their laps. A
pro-basketball player whose addiction has him on death's edge until
he literally drops into the middle of the odd caravan as it winds
its way through the desert, headed for The Spin. Once you
experience the shocking, unexpected, but powerfully inspiring
outcome of Jerry's fascinating story and after you get to know
these fascinating individuals, the message becomes clear. It is not
about red or black on the Las Vegas casino roulette wheel. This
remarkable story will inspire everyone to listen to his or her
heart, take reasonable chances, and reach for a dream.
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2012 |
First published: |
August 2012 |
Authors: |
Don Keith
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
210 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4791-0987-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-4791-0987-8 |
Barcode: |
9781479109876 |
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