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The Misadventures of Jack Chesterfield (English Edition) Formato Kindle

Edizione Inglese di Weston Kathman (Autore) Formato: Formato Kindle
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A roller coaster saga of manias, depressions, drunk driving arrests, romantic disasters, a trip to the psych ward, and rehab. Contrarian author Jack Chesterfield knows that his worst enemy has always been himself. Following several catastrophes, he moves from his native Kentucky to the recovery community of Delray Beach, Florida, where he befriends troubled souls whose self-destructive tendencies may exceed his own. While working on his first novel, he conceives a second: "The Misadventures of Lambert Lukas" -- a fictionalized account of his past and present debacles. He thereby creates a double "reality" in which everyone around him is a character in his future project. Along the way, he attempts to court his next door neighbor, an alluring pill-popper beautifully self-described as "not a nice girl." His dramatic pratfalls are many and his modest triumphs are few. Still, Chesterfield perseveres -- if for no other reason than to live a story worth telling.
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    232 pagine
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    Inglese
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    6 agosto 2012
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Weston J. Kathman is an aspiring author from the northern Kentucky/Cincinnati area. He is a former law student who has worked in several different fields and is currently employed in medical coding. Beyond his contrarian leanings, he is an avid baseball fan. He also enjoys film -- particularly the works of David Lynch -- and music. His greatest ambition is to establish himself as a writer.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008U9EYMS
  • Editore ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace (6 agosto 2012)
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
  • Dimensioni file ‏ : ‎ 575 KB
  • Utilizzo simultaneo di dispositivi ‏ : ‎ illimitato
  • Da testo a voce ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supportato
  • Miglioramenti tipografici ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Non abilitato
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • Memo ‏ : ‎ Su Kindle Scribe
  • Lunghezza stampa ‏ : ‎ 232 pagine
  • Recensioni dei clienti:
    4,7 4,7 su 5 stelle 4 voti

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Andrew Ortwein
5,0 su 5 stelle Captivating
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 11 agosto 2012
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The Misadventures of Jack Chesterfield captivates you quickly - within just a few pages, you are hooked on Kathman's story of this unique, intriguing individual. One of Chesterfield's endearing qualities is his blunt, unrestrained honesty. This "chutzpah" of his usually leads to intense altercations (sometimes physical), but it brings brutal drama and hysterical comedy to the story of this self-described manic depressive antihero. Through his disasters and attempts at reconciliation, both with himself and with those around him, you continue to root for Chesterfield as if he were your best friend. This book is an excellent read for anyone who enjoys a good character story. I look forward to further works by the author.
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James E. Krallman
4,0 su 5 stelle Debut Novel a Solid Work
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 21 agosto 2012
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Sex, drugs, rock and roll. Things many people cannot get enough of, and there is plenty of it to go around in The Misadventures of Jack Chesterfield, the debut novel of Weston J. Kathman.

The novel is a journey through break-ups, hook-ups, jails, psych wards, rehab facilities, and half-way houses as the protagonist struggles to find his place in a world of chaos. The line between fiction and reality is often blurred as many of the novels situations are based on the author's own experience.

Mr. Kathman does an excellent job giving humanity and depth to the novels characters. Many of these characters are the type that society quickly stereotypes as junkies and deadbeats, before placing them out of sight and out of mind.

The author also mines his own experience within the drug culture and is able to explain how many of the prevailing orthodoxies about drugs and drug users are often assumptions based on limited knowledge and are far from universal. For example, one of the characters recounts his first experience with crack cocaine. He explains that the first high was like none he had ever experienced. His continued use of crack was an attempt to regain that high. An endeavor that proved impossible to fulfill.

Another character however would use cocaine to level herself off during periods of mania.

A few times while reading the novel, I did feel like I had to check my place as the chronology does jump around a bit. The author does explain this in that it is the reality not necessarily as it happened, but as Jack Chesterfield remembered it. It was fitting however considering the disjointed personalities of many characters in the novel.

The book is a compelling read. I kept reading, looking forward to see what situation Jack Chesterfield would find himself in next. The action is quick and kept on pace and I never found myself getting lost in the drudgery that some novels can lead to.

The world of Jack Chesterfield is a world that may be foreign to many readers, but the author makes this world relatable.

I imagine that this is a world that is very much a reality to many readers as well.
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Karioke73
5,0 su 5 stelle Impossible to put down
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 10 agosto 2012
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Not only a good page-turner, it's one of those books "you need to read." I consider it the definitive text on manic depression and working through mental illness; and I would recommend it to anyone that knows someone dealing with these problems. Most importantly, Jack Chesterfield is one of the all-time great characters! He's sort of a cynical version of `Randall Patrick McMurphy' (from the novel One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, not the movie) - his journeys through jail, rehab, breakups and redemption are filled with tension and laugh-out-loud moments on about every page. "Misadventures" grabs you in the first few pages, and by the time you get to Chapter 3 it's impossible to put down....,.
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