Becoming JiJi - Yale, David R
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Jill Frisk, 18-year-old daughter of a violent father and shattered mother, has no plans, no hope. A straight-A high school graduate, her 1970s blue collar neighborhood discourages women's dreams. Although she reads advanced chemistry books as a hobby, her father won't allow her to go to college. The prospect of an existence like her mother's holds Jill in the grip of depression. Joe Stern, the new recreation director, sees Jill differently. He hires her to run a preschool group and assists her in founding a teen council that uplifts the neighborhood. With his encouragement, she rises above her…mehr

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Jill Frisk, 18-year-old daughter of a violent father and shattered mother, has no plans, no hope. A straight-A high school graduate, her 1970s blue collar neighborhood discourages women's dreams. Although she reads advanced chemistry books as a hobby, her father won't allow her to go to college. The prospect of an existence like her mother's holds Jill in the grip of depression. Joe Stern, the new recreation director, sees Jill differently. He hires her to run a preschool group and assists her in founding a teen council that uplifts the neighborhood. With his encouragement, she rises above her depression and discovers she has a world-class singing voice. Empowered with the promise of a future she never dreamed possible, Jill finds a safe home for her family and brings her mother back to life. Jill falls in love with Joe, but she's too shy to tell him before he suddenly leaves town. Will new, improved Jill have the guts to pursue him, woo him, help him overcome his secret past, win his hand, and become a successful musician? Becoming JiJi is an antidote to America's current wave of dystopian fear, confusion, and hopelessness. It's a great story about "ordinary" blue-collar Americans changing themselves from defeated cynics to high achievers. The novel weaves resistance to racism, classism, domestic violence, sexism, and sexual harassment into a heart-warming story of empowerment. You'll love this story by an award-winning author, filled with touching portrayals of ordinary people. The characters seem so real they'll feel like your good friends. JiJi will raise your spirits and inspire you.
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David R. Yale's fiction and poetry have been published in "Midstream," "Response," "Newtown Literary," "Blue Collar Review," "Pangolin Review," "Which Side Are You On? 2023 Labor Day Anthology," and Moonstone Arts Center's "27th Annual Poetry Ink Anthology." His novel, "Becoming JiJi," won First Place in the 2018 "Writer's Digest" Self-Published eBook Awards, Contemporary Fiction category, and was a quarter-finalist in the 2019 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition. "Chemical Explosions," a story excerpted from his novel, "Becoming JiJi," was long-listed for the Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction sponsored by The "Lascaux Review." "No Shade," a story excerpted from Yale's novel "The Real Paul Makinen," was short-listed for the Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest sponsored by "Pulp Literature Magazine." That novel was also a finalist in the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society's novel-in-progress contest. With a blue-collar, working class outlook, Yale writes about one of the most overlooked communities in the contemporary fiction scene. You can find out more about Yale at his website, https://davidryale.com/. Or follow him on X-Twitter @DavidRYale.Com.