Against the World

Literature & Fiction

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Synopsis

Robin, a fiery red-head, arrives home from her freshman year of nursing school, to discover her home is slated for demolition for upscale housing she can’t afford. Her summer vacation devolves into a chaotic circus of exploration of sexuality, violence, and tragedy. Then, thieving by an ex-friend threatens Robin's job and brings her to court; but that's not all. Robin’s summer spins further out of control when the unanticipated reunion with her estranged mother is derailed by family violence that leaves Robin grappling with grief and railing against the world. Back at school, the Nurseketeers band around Robin to embrace women’s issues, gender discrimination, cultural diversities, and plan a March against Violence. A chance meeting motivates Robin to question her sexuality in an era when homosexuality was illegal in every state but one - and that one wasn’t Texas. Her roommate’s homophobia challenges the need for secrecy as Robin explores her emerging lesbian impulses. Exposure could turn her nursing career into an impossible dream or worse, she could land in jail.

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Author Biography

Joy Don Baker & Terri Goodman, nursing students in the ‘70s like the fictional characters in their Nurseketeers series, are both writers in professional nursing literature. They met in the ‘80s and have remained friends for years. As co-authors, their mission is to share enjoyment, writing, and learning through meaningful stories about diverse nursing characters. Both are well-established leaders in perioperative nursing. Dr. Baker teaches at the University of Texas at Arlington and served as the editor-in-chief of AORN Journal. Dr. Goodman is an entrepreneur and an approved provider of continuing education as the principal at Terri Goodman & Associates. Baker & Goodman have produced the award-winning book A, B, & Cs of Author Partnering, the definitive how-to guide that leads readers through creating a partnership, establishing a productive work environment, and producing a work of fiction, non-fiction, or journal article.

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Author Insight

A Diary: Perspective on the Past

People we love can be full of secrets and mysteries to us. Discovering a diary can be a treasure. By offering an unedited perspective, a diary can form a bridge to a version of a person that has long since vanished. The diary can provide the "why" behind the "what" that we already know. We gain an understanding of the secret hopes and anxieties that shaped an adult we knew, but not as well as we thought we did. This clarity has intense value, even though it may come too late to change a relationship or heal an old wound. We cannot change the past, but we benefit from a better understanding of it. The diary's gift of retrospective empathy can bring closure and peace to troublesome memories.

Book Excerpt

Against the World

Look at this.” Gram held a book with a padded cover and a small key attached to a pink ribbon. “I didn’t know that Aileen kept a diary.” She tightened her grip when Robin reached for the treasure.

“Gram, she was a teenager. She was a mystery to you then. Don’t you want to know what she was thinking? I sure as heck do!”

Gram relaxed her grip and Robin set the diary in her lap. She fitted the tiny key into the lock and the book sprang open, stuffed with mementos and pages covered with Aileen’s pretty script. “It starts in her junior year,” Robin said

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Against the World

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Author Biography

Author Insight

A Diary: Perspective on the Past

Book Excerpt

Against the World

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