Publisher's Synopsis
Four fast exciting stories about taking extreme personal risks but told with a style is so crisp and transparent the words almost read themselves! - E Rosen
INDULGENCE OR GRATIFICATIONS kicks off with a light-middleweight champion tale about money, love and one child's irresistible temptations, "Johnny Rebel Union," then builds to a middleweight champion story of compulsion and gratification, "Higher and Higher," then a light-heavyweight winner about anxiety and obsessing, "Diving for Dope," and concluding with the undisputed heavyweight champ about the vagaries of living love shouted out loud, "Tender Concrete."These are fast, exciting stories featuring over-the-moon rich language, well-developed challenges and authentic quests for self or meaning. All revolve around taking extreme personal risks with their ramifications and trade-offs. While not such happy endings in the sense of ecstasy or joy, these stories are triumphs of emotional satisfaction and entertainment value, testaments to making better life choices. - Emily Rosen, M.A., M.S.
