Manhattan Adult Entertainment: ‘Say the Word’ has teen facing sexuality issues
As McKinley is devoted to his delicate wife, Ida, protecting her from scrutiny during her epileptic seizures, Hyde is devoted to Motka, the Russian prostitute he hopes to rescue and marry. Czolgosz is consumed with his objective of shooting the president and has convinced himself that it is ”Red Emma” Goldman’s desire that he do so; he had met the famous radical in Cleveland and fantasizes that he is her confederate. The authorities, in fact, are desperate to tie Czolgosz to Goldman.
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Say the Word, the second novel for young adults by Strongsville author Jeannine Garsee, is the story of a 16-year-old girl at the center of a domestic firestorm.
Shawna Gallagher, a well-off Cleveland doctor’s daughter, has been getting along well enough since her mother left the family for another woman when Shawna was 7. Shawna is resentful and confused, but it’s not common knowledge that her mother is gay, and she moved to New York anyway, so life goes on.
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