BOOKS - Time's Hostage
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Time's Hostage
Author: Brenda Kuchinsky
Year: August 17, 2016
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.5 MB
Year: August 17, 2016
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.5 MB
Time's Hostage is a multifaceted thriller that delves into important social issues while exploring the dark realm of self-destruction and mental instability.With the art world and South Beach as a backdrop, challenges faced by the LGBT community permeate the book. First, turmoil results for both Sophia, the protagonist, and her husband after his homosexual encounter with a friend's son and his ensuing difficulties sorting out his unclear sexual preferences. Then - their daughter comes out as a lesbian. The woman she marries subsequently becomes pregnant by a man, forcing the couple to deal with a double-edged sword - the infidelity and its heterosexual nature.Extramarital dalliances are a recurring theme in Time's Hostage as Sophia finds herself cheating in revenge for her husband's faithlessness. However, her risky affair is as much about indulging a repressed urge for self-destructive behavior as it is about avenging her husband's betrayal.As a psychotherapist, Sophia recognizes her lover's unstable mental state, but her own growing addiction to him leads to a dangerous denial of the potential consequences. As her increasingly symptomatic epilepsy leads to vivid Holocaust hallucinations, she begins to explore her own mental health and questions her convictions - both the ingrained and the taboo.
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