Beyond Redemption
Gina Santucci develops a larcenous lifestyle at a very young age. Before starting high school, she realizes that men are pushovers. Through guile and charm she knows how to manipulate and exploit their weaknesses. Her only guide is a practical amorality: Right is when you get away with it, and wrong is when you get caught. Her luck turns sour when she is arrested and remanded to a reform school for girls. Shortly after, she and her "sweetheart" escape. Gina renews the acquaintance of an ex-teacher, and her life takes a different twist. Gina's mother works in a nightclub as a cocktail waitress. She entertains boyfriends in her apartment until the wee hours. Her spirited lovemaking keeps the daughter awake. Involved with Gina in a more positive way is a detective who desperately tries to rehabilitate the "dreadful delinquent." His total obsession with her endangers his marriage. Feelings of despondency and self-hatred plague him.
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Beyond Redemption
Gina Santucci develops a larcenous lifestyle at a very young age. Before starting high school, she realizes that men are pushovers. Through guile and charm she knows how to manipulate and exploit their weaknesses. Her only guide is a practical amorality: Right is when you get away with it, and wrong is when you get caught. Her luck turns sour when she is arrested and remanded to a reform school for girls. Shortly after, she and her "sweetheart" escape. Gina renews the acquaintance of an ex-teacher, and her life takes a different twist. Gina's mother works in a nightclub as a cocktail waitress. She entertains boyfriends in her apartment until the wee hours. Her spirited lovemaking keeps the daughter awake. Involved with Gina in a more positive way is a detective who desperately tries to rehabilitate the "dreadful delinquent." His total obsession with her endangers his marriage. Feelings of despondency and self-hatred plague him.
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Beyond Redemption
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Beyond Redemption
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781420862669 |
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| Publisher: | AuthorHouse |
| Publication date: | 07/22/2005 |
| Pages: | 288 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.65(d) |
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