Start Loving Yourself
Start Loving Yourself by Terrence Jc Bacchus, published by AuthorHouse in December 2007, is a novel that presents a comprehensive portrait of Rick Stevens, a white American male navigating his youth in a mid-western state. Spanning from 1928 to 1957, the narrative explores his life from infancy to the age of twenty-nine, highlighting both his strengths and vulnerabilities. The story delves into his formative years, including his upbringing on a farm, the challenges posed by his stepfather, and the unwavering support of his mother.
Readers will find a detailed account of Rick’s journey toward self-acceptance and social engagement. The novel chronicles his experiences in the United States Army, his educational pursuits at the University of Virginia and Ohio State University, and his evolving relationships, including friendships and romantic encounters. Through these experiences, Rick transforms from a shy individual into a more outgoing and confident person, as depicted through his reflections and interactions with peers. This edition, consisting of 56 pages, offers insights into themes of personal growth, resilience, and the impact of social connections.
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This novel attempts to present a complete, unvarnished, and rounded portrait of the young manhood and education of a white American male, RICK STEVENS, in a mid-western state. It depicts his good qualities as well as his bad ones his “warts.” The span of his life covered is from infancy to twenty-nine years of age. The years are from 1928 until 1957.
Parts of his life included are: his early childhood and boyhood growing up on a farm and in a small town in northeastern Ohio; persecution and verbal abuse by his stepfather; constant moral support by his mother; his extreme shyness and inability to socialize during his high school years, his lack of a father-figure and its effect upon his personality, his dubious sexual education; his voluntary service in the United States Army Quartermaster Corps (the peacetime Army from 1946 1949); his clerical and stenographic training and jobs in the Army; his achievement of the rank of Corporal and then Sergeant; his friendships with Army buddies; his long automobile trip with friends through the Western states; his college education (with help of the GI Bill) at the University of Virginia and Ohio State University; his friendship and romance with a southern lady; his college friendships; his failures and his successes; his college summer jobs on Great Lakes iron ore freighters; his education courses and preparation for a science teaching career (Glasgow College, Pa.); his love life and his sex life; his European trip with his best friend a fellow sailor and college chum.
Moreover, the novel deals with the nearly complete transmutation of a shy young man into a gregarious man. Rick Stevens was determined to overcome his shyness, break out of his shell, and find friends first in the Army and later in college. This novel depicts Rick becoming more of an actor than just a spectator. He was able to eliminate his laid-back passive behavior, and become a much more aggressive man active, outgoing, generous, caring and fun-loving; His meditations, letters, and discussions with college and Army friends reveal his transformation.
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