The Worst Generation
A Myopic Prosperity
by Dan P. Greaney
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Pub Date 28 Jul 2016 | Archive Date 27 Sep 2016
John Hunt Publishing Ltd | Rroundfire
Description
The Worst Generation is character Jenny Alhouse’s indictment of her baby-boomer's parants’ contributions to the contemporary world, their generational short-sighted and selfish degradation of economic and environmental well-being. Her recounting of childhood shows much she is thankful for - a stable, caring home, times kayaking with her father, family trips, a quality education, the benefits of prosperity. But she tells the story from her adulthood, and includes the things she could not see as a child: the economic and environmental plundering and inconsideration imbedded in her upbringing that leave her world unstable, uncivil, and unsafe.
This book reflects into individual lives the recent financial and environmental declines. It indicts the fitness of material values in the world today and it illustrates the struggle to love and prosper in a time of ruin.
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Dan P. Greaney is semi-retired from middle-school teaching. He now works in university outreach and a variety of community, nature appreciation, and sustainability efforts.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781785354663 |
| PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |
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Francis V, Reviewer
A very engaging novel. The changing perspective of the narrator and the subtle way that the uniqueness of each narrator is present is well done. The flow of the story and the way the reader is drawn in and then along is well executed. I found that while some of the indictments seemed a bit harsh and skewed, they helped reveal emotional condition of the narrator. The conflicts and paradoxes of the characters and narrators made the story come alive. Given the current news about immigrants and hearing stories how moving from one culture to another is so difficult, this story of how the same kinds of transitions and challenges happen within the USA was both timely and well presented. How does one find a new moral compass when transplanted into a new culture that is so different? Hope the author keep exploring these kinds of stories and keeps helping us learn to see how seemingly different journeys might have surprising similarities.
