Frankie Jones
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.48 (722 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1532782462 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 206 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Get the success. He can't help falling for her, but can he keep his wanderlust in check?Yet, it is the American Dream that Frankie seeks more than anything. Refined, sophisticated, and from a prominent New England family, she is the complete opposite of Frankie. Frankie Jones is searching for something—something elusive.Abandoned as an infant by his father, orphaned after his mother died when he was a child, Frankie grows up tough, edgy, and street smart. Frankie becomes a journalist, hoping to be the next great American writer. Frankie Jones is a rich tapestry of hope, love, friendship, and betrayal—a story of life itself.. It is Owen who challenges Frankie’s belief in the American Dream. Gutsy, brazen, and at times reckless, Owen is Frankie’s alter ego. And most importantly, get the girl. The quintessential self-made man, he lives life to the fullest. In California, Frankie becomes friends with Owen Brookes. Will either of them achieve what they want? What must they give up in pursuit? Some lessons you learn the hard way, but it is how you react in the face of adversity that ultimately matters. While in Boston, he meets Mercedes Brewster. Get the career
‘A kind of lyrical ecstasy possesses certain young Americans in the springtime, a wild restless longing to be elsewhere' Texas author J. R. Klein holds a doctoral degree in Immunology from Johns Hopkins University and in that vein he has published over a hundred and fifty articles in scholarly journals and mainstream magazines. He authored a play, Teach Your Children, about the Vietnam War. His love of the sea is evident in this, his debut novel, which spans the country from East to West coasts.When an author is able to magnetize our attention in the first page or two then we read on with a sense of promise. JR opens his book as follows: ‘It was a ghastly cold day in the middle of a ghastly long winter in 1993. And there I was . IMMUNIZED AGAINST BOREDOM! J. R. Klein, an immunologist trained at Johns Hopkins, has injected his first novel with strong dose of life experience and wisdom. Follow the adventures of a true American hero in the mold of Gatsby as he careens toward the American Dream. Frankie Jones is an original, gutsy, lusty and full of surprises. He will keep you on the edge of your beach chair as you flip the pages. A dazzling debut!. A quintessentially American novel Self-made and ambitious, Frankie Jones is typically American in his self-reliance but also in his restlessness, which is more than simple dissatisfaction with standard concepts of material success and which goes a long way toward making him the complex and engaging protagonist that he is. Well-written and keenly observed, this is a thought-provoking book. Virginia Woolf said you can often tell how good a book is by how long you remember the names of its characters. By that measure, Frankie Jones is sure to be among the best.
J. His travels have taken him through four continents and into more than two-dozen countries. He lives and works in Houston, Texas, with his wife.. R. He has published over a hundred and fifty articles in scholarly journals and mainstream magazines. Klein holds a doctoral degree in Immunology from Johns Hopkins University
"It's the 1990s, not the 1920s, yet echoes of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises linger in the white spaces of Klein's beguiling novel .Klein has written a novel one doesn't find anymore--as much exploration as exposition, it often raises unanswerable questions. Courageously non-genre, this novel is for people who love language, appreciate insightful perceptions on the human condition, and accept the realization that nothing really ends as long as life goes on." (US Review of Books)"Klein presents a story that touches on many facets of the human condition. A stunning debut, Frankie Jones is a must read by all." (Feathered Quill Book Reviews) . His prose is lyrical and frequently sings, in a minor key, of the things we too often take for granted