Harry Jobber has run smack into reality and he was ill prepared for
the meeting. Harry has drifted in his comfort zone and been content
there much too long. He has become more of a kid than his own two
children. He has become a fanatic on religious devotion and wants
something going on at his church for the children of the community.
He can hardly wait until his oldest child graduates from college so
he, Henry, can come home to run the family business. Harry
envisions his life growing much easier whereby he can help the kids
fly their kites, the very young sail their little boats on his pond
and fill the church with the young teenagers. He has very little
ambition for himself. But Harry has an ungrateful wife that wants
to move up in society. She is a fanatic about attending various
clubs in the community where she can rub shoulders with the elite.
She expresses dissatisfaction with their comfortable old home and
wants to go to the suburbs. Harry dreads hearing of such a thing
and certainly attempts to discourage any move. He cannot win an
argument with his dominating wife. When the hard times come and
they certainly do, Harry seems better equipped to face the future
than his wife who has escaped poverty one time and wants nothing
further to do with returning. Gertrude, the wife, is not happy with
her lot and strains to make Harry into the man she thinks she
wants. She wants affluence that she can touch. Harry just wants to
live and let live in a world of his own. But the very hard time
come. There is some beautiful poetry sprinkled throughout the
novel.
General
Imprint: |
Authorhouse
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2005 |
First published: |
October 2005 |
Authors: |
Tom Springer
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4208-8587-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-4208-8587-1 |
Barcode: |
9781420885873 |
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