Breast Size and Shape Trouble Impressionable Adolescent in
New Novel
The young protagonist in
novel, “Edgewise: An Assignment to Remember” is introduced
to nude magazines in the attic’s trunk, and what she sees
makes an unhealthy lifetime impression.
Acworth,
GA. (PRWeb) July 8, 2007
Based on
true events, the novel by author, Darlene F. Wofford,
certainly gives 'grown-ups' food for thought in regard to
leaving adult magazines around for children's impressionable
eyes to ponder. Already controversial due to a scene deemed
as graphic, "Edgewise: An Assignment to Remember" raises
eyebrows as the author's alter ego, 10-year old Delaney
Rutherford peeks at pictures of nude women. The caper takes
place in her best friend's attic where the older brother has
stashed "Playboy-like" magazines in an old trunk. For a
naïve and impressionable adolescent such as Delaney, who has
never even seen a brassiere, the pictures are quite a sight
to behold, stirring her curiosity, "Will I ever look like
these women?" She finds one article of particular interest
about the size and shape of a woman's breasts, and the words
she reads that afternoon troubles her. Her concern grows as
she enters her teens and remains throughout her young adult
life. The content of the article stated as a fact that a
woman's favorite fruit determines the size and shape of her
breasts--ridiculous to anyone but an innocent little girl.
The article displayed nude women holding their favorite
fruits and was pretty convincing to a gullible 10-year
old. One woman loved watermelon, another loved cantaloupe,
another's favorite was apples, and yet another was the
banana. Delaney's anxiety begin when she remembers little
green grapes have always been her favorite fruit, and she is
worried that she has destined herself to live a lifetime
with little green grape sized and shaped breasts.
"An
Assignment to Remember" is the first of three novels in the
"Edgewise" series about a young woman in an edgewise state
of mind, driven to the edge by back-to-back traumas. As a
defense mechanism, her mind shut down to block out those
life-altering events, however it blocked other memories as
well. However, the story is not as much about the actual
events as it is about the healing progression and the
prevailing strength of a man's unconditional love for a
woman. To quote Page One Lit literary newsletter, "Wofford
is a wonderful writer whose personality and charisma is
vivid in every word and sentence in her new book, 'Edgewise:
An Assignment to Remember.' This is the most honest,
heart-inspiring book pf the year. 'Edgewise' is an example
of how one woman wants to live in the past but realizes she
can't. It is about confronting reality. It is about
emotions. It is about communication. It is about life." A
reader sums it up nicely on Barnes and Noble's web site in
her review, "Edgewise took me on an emotional journey of
laughter, sorrow and hope."
If the
name Darlene Wofford rings a bell it may be because she and
Carl, her husband of 40 years are both native Atlantans, and
along with sons Kenneth and Cory, have been Woodstock/
Acworth residents for 35 years. She has been in the
mortgage finance industry for 20 years, and every Saturday
morning in 2006 from 10-11:00 a.m., she co-hosted an
hour-long Atlanta radio talk-show called "Your Inner Voice."
She has also been interviewed on several Atlanta radio
stations recently regarding her novel.
The
author will be greeting guests and signing her novel in
Marietta, Georgia's The Avenue East Cobb, at Borders
Bookstore on Saturday, July 14th, 1-4:00, phone number
770-565-0947. Visit www.darlenewofford.com to learn more
about the author and see her complete book tour schedule.
To browse the book for free and see reviews visit: http://www.amazon.com/Edgewise-Assignment-Remember-DarleneWofford/dp/1425982999/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/10287388952037720?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183342329&sr=8-1
See the author's blog at "Darlene Wofford's Newsroom":
http://community.myfoxatlanta.com/blogs/darlenewofford .
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