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8 Days a Week: the Story of a Working Man, a Novel, Collopy 9781088505076 New-,
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- Title
- 8 Days a Week: the Story of a Working Man, a Novel
- ISBN
- 9781088505076
- Book Title
- 8 Days a Week : the Story of a Working Man, a Novel
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.3 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Family Life
- Item Weight
- 8.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 124 Pages
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Publisher
Independently Published
ISBN-10
1088505074
ISBN-13
9781088505076
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4038814157
Product Key Features
Book Title
8 Days a Week : the Story of a Working Man, a Novel
Number of Pages
124 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Family Life
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
8.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
For 16 years Sean has lived in a rustic cabin in the woods and driven into town every day to work with his cousin as landscaper and handyman while navigating through the personal issues of his female customers, his wife's drastic mood swings, his eldest daughter's struggles for independence from her controlling mother, and the distance his wife has fostered between him and his two younger children, while operating his business on almost no money. Sean works to find the solutions to the family problems as tensions erupt and explode. (Includes one poem in the story.) THE BACK STORY: 8 Days a Week There are many historical accounts of the lives of the "great men" of history but what about the everyday "work men" that I came to know from working in my father's landscaping and handyman business? Their stories may be great and untold; stories of hardship, disappointment, and ultimately an incredible drive to provide for one's family at great personal sacrifice to self. Despite the male privilege of our society, especially for whites, this does not guarantee good lives for men. And physical dominance (generally speaking) does not mean that men are never abused, never emotionally manipulated or taken advantage of by women. Further, it is an often untold truth what social and emotional terrorists women can be to girls and to other women and the irrevocable destruction this can wreak on individuals and families. This novel is the convergence of social issues and family drama exploding on the page. This story lived in my head for a few years, gestating, then I wrote it out by hand, to over 72,000 words, in under three weeks at 25. This was before I'd had any education (I was home-schooled and had to teach myself to read). It was always very important to me to write, edit, and self-publish it before I had any education to prove a very strong point about the value of people from a working class background; of all people from all walks of life. Unfortunately I never had any money for a marketing budget so it was nearly impossible to drive any sales. For the photo art direction I chose to emphasize the working class nature of the characters' lives; there are two cover photos. One shows protagonist Sean Flangan's work life: tools in grass and a general dead-end feel. (And my trustee electric blue/silver Oregon Leatherman Juice multi-tool makes a cameo.) The other is a woods in Oregon, the setting of much of the story. It's a very beautiful place but can also feel very confining and isolating. The author photo is a humorous picture my father took of me at work after we'd "culled" some blackberry vines; I'm holding a rifle as if it's a trophy I've shot. Just a joke for two people who never hunted animals (he did teach me how to shoot though; it was a great bonding moment between us). (From the back page of my website: http://www.avacollopbooks.weebly.com), For 16 years Sean has lived in a rustic cabin in the woods and driven into town every day to work with his cousin as landscaper and handyman while navigating through the personal issues of his female customers, his wife's drastic mood swings, his eldest daughter's struggles for independence from her controlling mother, and the distance his wife has fostered between him and his two younger children, while operating his business on almost no money. Sean works to find the solutions to the family problems as tensions erupt and explode. (Includes one poem in the story.) THE BACK STORY: 8 Days a Week There are many historical accounts of the lives of the "great men" of history but what about the everyday "work men" that I came to know from working in my father's landscaping and handyman business? Their stories may be great and untold; stories of hardship, disappointment, and ultimately an incredible drive to provide for one's family at great personal sacrifice to self. Despite the male privilege of our society, especially for whites, this does not guarantee good lives for men. And physical dominance (generally speaking) does not mean that men are never abused, never emotionally manipulated or taken advantage of by women. Further, it is an often untold truth what social and emotional terrorists women can be to girls and to other women and the irrevocable destruction this can wreak on individuals and families. This novel is the convergence of social issues and family drama exploding on the page. This story lived in my head for a few years, gestating, then I wrote it out by hand, to over 72,000 words, in under three weeks at 25. This was before I'd had any education (I was home-schooled and had to teach myself to read). It was always very important to me to write, edit, and self-publish it before I had any education to prove a very strong point about the value of people from a working class background; of all people from all walks of life. Unfortunately I never had any money for a marketing budget so it was nearly impossible to drive any sales. For the photo art direction I chose to emphasize the working class nature of the characters' lives; there are two cover photos. One shows protagonist Sean Flangan's work life: tools in grass and a general dead-end feel. (And my trustee electric blue/silver Oregon Leatherman Juice multi-tool makes a cameo.) The other is a woods in Oregon, the setting of much of the story. It's a very beautiful place but can also feel very confining and isolating. The author photo is a humorous picture my father took of me at work after we'd "culled" some blackberry vines; I'm holding a rifle as if it's a trophy I've shot. Just a joke for two people who never hunted animals (he did teach me how to shoot though; it was a great bonding moment between us). (From the back page of my website: http: //www.avacollopbooks.weebly.com), For 16 years Sean has lived in a rustic cabin in the woods and driven into town every day to work with his cousin as landscaper and handyman while navigating through the personal issues of his female customers, his wife's drastic mood swings, his eldest daughter's struggles for independence from her controlling mother, and the distance his wife has fostered between him and his two younger children, while operating his business on almost no money. Sean works to find the solutions to the family problems as tensions erupt and explode.(Includes one poem in the story.), For 16 years Sean has lived in a rustic cabin in the woods and driven into town every day to work with his cousin as landscaper and handyman while navigating through the personal issues of his female customers, his wife's drastic mood swings, his eldest daughter's struggles for independence from her controlling mother, and the distance his wife has fostered between him and his two younger children, while operating his business on almost no money. Sean works to find the solutions to the family problems as tensions erupt and explode. (Includes one poem in the story.) Ava Collopy has traveled around North America and Europe while working various paid and volunteer jobs.She grew up in an unfinished cabin in a forest in Oregon, U.S. where she had to teach herself how to read while being home-schooled.She has lived in Ireland for many years while pursuing various academic qualifications which now include an MBA, a B.A. in Liberal Arts (English major, History and Business Studies minors), a Higher Diploma in Supply Chain Management, a CELT English-teaching Certificate, 10 teacher development certificates from Cambridge University's online learning portal, and a Higher Diploma in MS Office.She is an English language teacher for young adults who is interested more than anything in helping human beings achieve their full potential.She's a happily life-long non-mom with many friends, who's oft enjoyed being a single independent female, a fact she proudly promotes to remind people everyone is free to be their own person.Her nonfiction is published in 'Inspired Migrant Women in Ireland', 'Edible Red', 'Down in the Dirt', and 'The Relic the Effort the Yelp'.Her fiction is published in 'White Liquor Steemit', 'Beautiful Losers', 'White Liquor', 'Down in the Dirt', 'Brilliant Flash Fiction' (as A.C.), 'Sunlight in the Sanctuary', 'Treading Water', and 'Adrift'.Her poetry is published in 'Down in the Dirt', 'CC&D', 'Poetry Pacific', 'Re/ Verse', 'Verse Virtual', 'Ascent Aspirations', and others.Her books are: Nonfiction: 'The Irish-American Experience: Proletariat Research Papers', Fiction: 'A View from the Bottom: Short Stories', 'Live Boldly, Fear Nothing: a Vigilante and a Painter, a Novel', and'8 Days a Week: the Story of a Working Man, a Novel', Poetry: 'Disarm: Poems & Songs', About writing: 'Learning to be a Good Editor: by Adapting Novels into Screenplays, and Stage Plays' and'Unending Horizons: Three Years of Advice for Writers', As Editor (and a contributor): 'Unity is Now: an Anthology of the UU* Poetry Group'.Her website is: http: //www.avacollopybooks.weebly.com(*Unitarian Universalist, a liberal re
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