Vindicating Vicky

ISBN: 1477536639

Author: Knight, Ron

Condition: New

Product DescriptionYoung, beautiful Vicky Lester grew up oppressed in dismal, gruesome inner-city surroundings. She meets and befriends Stan, a lonely, kind man who encourages and helps her to strike out on her own and make a better life for herself. But Vicky is haunted by a horrific childhood secret, a trauma embedded so deep in her psyche that even she cant confront it head on. Laden with dread and guilt, she embarks on a memorable and promiscuous journey as if unwittingly acting out the tortuous playbook of her youth. Ultimately. emboldened by Stan, she struggles to overcome the memories she has hidden for so long. Will Vicky be able to find real love and a brighter future? This deeply moving story also confronts us with an ageless, heart-wrenching question: Are individuals to blame for their actions, or is society?Review "Vindicating Vicky is compelling & extraordinary.  I don't know how many times I heard myself say,"Wow!" or "Oh my goodness!"  My husband also read it and couldn't put it down.  It was like we were watching an engrossing movie that took us to places we've never been. The book, the writing...Wow! " Review by Nicole R."Vindicating Vicky is a fascinating read.  Vicky's journey was astonishing, enthralling and emotionally intense.  Definitely a page-turner."  Reviews by Amanda"This novel blew my mind.  Vicky's adventures in Vindicating Vicky elicits passionate and introspective feelings that I couldn't stop thinking about!  It's an unforgettable and unique story." Review by Melissa M."Once in awhile there's a book that comes across that really blows you away.  Vindicating Vicky was a book that engaged my attention from the beginning and held it to the end. Vindicating Vicky is a book unlike any I've ever read and it absorbed me the whole time I was reading it.  Author Ron Knight knows how to weave a storyline and even throw some shocking twists into the mix to make you want to keep reading."Review by Terra Heck.                                                                                                                                               From the Author"I've lived in various inner cities, and over the years, I've become increasingly aware of the hardships faced by disaffected young women and wanted to write a story that both exposed these conditions to the unaware and offered hope to those living through it.  In the final analysis, this is a story that explores the power of friendship, the importance of questioning assumptions, and the need to define ourselves in our own terms.  I'm attempting to show people that the fallen women one often reads about are often regretful and remorseful about their state of living.   Vindicating Vicky is discernible from the title- vindication.  I was struck by the neatness of this word's definition as the "clearing of wrongdoing" or "justification of an action or deed."  I believe this is extremely appropriate to the story as it revolves around a beautiful, vulnerable young woman's quest to justify herself in the face of past misfortune."About the Author          Ron Knight currently lives in a sleepy, suburban New Jersey town with his beautiful wife, one spoiled Yorky, three loud parakeets, and at the latest count, six fresh-water fish.  This was preceded by twenty years of a fascinating inner-city lifestyle filled with drama and countless characters.  All of whom are unforgettable.