Demon Alcohol And The Monstermen by Kenneth James Kirsch
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: August 2008
- Publisher: Publish America
- Format: Paperback, 284pp
- ISBN-13: 9781606720752
- ISBN: 1606720759
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Demon Alcohol and the Monstermen is the story of one little girl's struggles to overcome generations of alcoholism. Leysa Henko immigrates to America from Russia with her family in 1917, with all the optimism of a four-year-old. Leysa's world begins to crumble when her abusive father, Devak, opens a pub in Tallenook, Pennsylvania, during Prohibition. When her adoring mother Ionna dies of tuberculosis, Leysa and her older sister Maryska are left at the mercy of Devak and his abusive bar cronies-the Monstermen. Devak presses them into service to save his tavern by delivering vodka door-to-door-alone-to Tallenook's horrific alcoholic "shut-ins." The spirits of family members passed on reach out to help Leysa. As Leysa grows older and more bitter, she loses touch and her life spirals out of control. Will Leysa find the peace she so desperately needs before alcoholism claims another generation of Henkos?
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Craaack! A homerun from new author Ken Kirschby Anonymous
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October 01, 2008: I discovered a nice surprise once I sat back and started to turn the pages of this book from new author Ken Kirsch. Mr. Kirsch does a fantastic job of drawing the reader into the story and making you feel as if you are actually in the room with the characters. His character descriptions are superb, clearly depicting the physical, mental and emotional traits of the major players in the story. His historical perspective really held my interest as I'm a native of Pennsylvania and I could relate to many of the small towns and cultural peculiarities he references. All in all this book was a truly pleasant surprise and one that I found difficult to put down. It's the perfect book for a cool Fall evening. I highly recommend this book and look forward to the next book from Mr. Kirsch.
Inspiring Storyby Anonymous
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September 30, 2008: I was really struck by this story's message, and by the poetry that Mr Kirsch is able to produce 'see p 16' when describing certain phenomena. The book is highly memorable, and not just because of the main character's ?rude awakening?. Lots of folks who come from challenging family situations 'like me' constantly struggle with whether to continue bad habits and behaviors that they learned growing up, or to do what they know is right and good 'which means doing truly hard work to overcome their ?programming? as kids'. Leysa, the book's main character, is certainly inspirational and reinforcing in this regard. In terms of constructive criticisms: (1) punctuation needs some help throughout the novel, and {2) I would have liked a little more insight on Leysa's internal thoughts re: moving from her ?old' self to her ?new' self. Overall, 'Monstermen' is definitely worth the time.
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