''Jamie'': A one man's struggle with Good and Evil (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781418423469)

The book of "JAMIE" is a story about a man who was abandoned when just a baby. His mother was a single thriving dancer. She was unable to take care of him, so she left him with the babysitter one day, and never returned for him. So he was brought by the sitter, in the slum part of Brooklyn. When becoming of age, he became a baseball player. On making money, he then searched for his parents. Always taking what he wanted out of life, regardless the consequences! He fell in love with a woman who he loved dearly, they was married. Even though he was married, he kept on cheating on her, in his selfish, carefree way. She then leaves him, and marries his younger brother on the rebound. At that time, Jamie also meets woman on his rebound. His woman was a frail type of person, with a Christian back ground. With his constant persuading, he promises her that he will give up his wild ways if she will marry him, with no intentions of doing so! She marries him, and they try to make a home, on a shaky marriage. When their first child was born, his wife dies. Thus leaving him despondent! Unable to take her death, he keeps going back to the church where her funeral was held. He tries to bargain with God first, which did not work. He gets angry at God. At the church he meets the priest that he uses to pick on his wife about. Through this ordeal, he accepts the Lord. He then turns his back on his new born daughter, and just leaves! On one sees or hears from him in twelve years. His life changes and he becomes a Pastor at a mission, in southern Arizona. There he makes his home. Je marries again to a Native American woman, which he met at the mission. They have children which becomes his pride and joy! One day he gets a visit from his brother, and his ex-wife. They bring with them two of his children. Starting here is where his life starts to get confusing! Up to this point, he has been able to block out his past life, and actions, to his present wife.

Author: Dorothy Larock Skinner
ISBN-10: 1418423467
ISBN-13: 9781418423469
Publisher: Authorhouse
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2004
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d