Bitter Is the Wind by McDermott, Jim

Bitter Is the Wind (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781945572159)

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Format: Hardcover
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Bitter Is the Wind by McDermott, Jim

Bitter Is the Wind

$22.95
Bitter Is the Wind by McDermott, Jim

Bitter Is the Wind

$22.95
Format: Hardcover
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Do Americans live in a land of freedom and equality where people with vision, brains, and a strong work ethic can have rewarding lives? Or is ours a society where well-being, dignity, and independence are reserved for a narrow elite?

Bitter Is The Wind is a coming-of-age novel that traces the lives of George Johnson Jr. and his father from the rural blue-collar landscape of upstate New York in the 1970s to the halls of Wharton Business School and the heights of Wall Street. After a family tragedy strengthens their familial bond, the Johnsons contend with assembly line monotony, unfulfilled dreams of baseball stardom, and they learn what it means to be tempted, trapped, jailed, and ignored by a seemingly uncaring God.

First time novelist Jim McDermott opens a window on the American working class and its aching desire for financial security, recognition, and respect. His characters confront a modern world with limited possibilities, ambiguous mores, and authorities who seem devoted to keeping the brightest and most talented members of the underclass on the other side of town. Bitter Is The Wind deconstructs the American dream.


Author: Jim McDermott
ISBN-10: 1945572159
ISBN-13: 9781945572159
Publisher: Rare Bird Books, a Vireo Book
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2016
Pages: 179
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.90d
By Jim McDermott
By Jim McDermott
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Jim McDermott is a nationally recognized business litigation attorney based in Portland, Oregon, where he lives with his wife and two daughters. He has worked on an assembly line and also represented multinational corporations. He is a graduate of Syracuse University and the University of Virginia Law School. Bitter Is the Wind, which he worked on for twenty-five years, is his first novel.

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