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The Big No - a Novel: A Novel
The Big No - a Novel: A Novel
The Big No - a Novel: A Novel
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The Big No - a Novel: A Novel

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Jill Evans is a thirty-seven-year-old woman returning home to live with Mother, with her tail between her legs. After a tumultuous relationship breakup and an unwelcome job transfer, life seems to have ground to an unsatisfying halt. She begins work as a nurse in a psychiatric hospital while experiencing recurrent dreams that stalk her consciousness. The Big No concerns childlike regression, foreboding unlikely reunions, watershed life decisions, and horror. Written as a first person narrative, the novel offers a voice to five different characters, delivering a comic allegory about social activism.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXlibris US
Release dateSep 2, 2010
ISBN9781453566428
The Big No - a Novel: A Novel
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Graeme Daniels

Graeme Daniels has been a practicing psychotherapist for twelve years, working extensively with groups, families, and individuals. He balances private practice in Pleasant Hill, California with duties as an Intern Supervisor at The Thunder Road Substance Abuse Treatment Center in Oakland, California. He has previously written academic articles pertaining to addiction, group process, and self disorders, all of which can be read by accessing his website www.selfinaddiction.com. Graeme lives in Pleasant Hill with his wife of five years, Maria Jimenez. Living without Blood is his first novel.

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