Naked into the Night: A Novel - Softcover

Monty Joynes

4.3

10 ratings by Goodreads

9781571740557: Naked into the Night: A Novel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1571740554 ISBN 13: 9781571740557

Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing, 1997

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Upon examining his life, Winn Conover, successful businessman, pillar of his community, discovers that "something was missing. It was not material..it was something inside." Investigating further, he learns that he is much more than the maddening clutter of his life. Finding that sacred self within but unable to maintain its presence, he walks out of his suburban home one night naked, stripped of his old identity. Thus begins a spiritual odyssey that takes him across the country working as a casual laborer, eating and sleeping in truck stops, sharing his wisdom with his new friends. In Santa Fe, living among the pueblo Indians, he becomes "Anglo Who Became Chief Old Woman's Son." But, before he can claim his new identity, he must return to his family and allow them to release him.

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Winn Conover walks out of his home one night; he is naked, both literally and metaphorically. Conover leaves behind his family and life in suburbia to begin a spiritual journey of self discovery. His travels lead him across the country, sleeping in truck stops and bouncing around odd jobs. Finally he finds a new family with the Pueblo Indians in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This sanctuary promises to deliver the answers he is seeking, but before he can settle comfortably into his new-found home he must return to his old family and free himself of his past. Monty Joynes's voice weaves a poignant tale around a subject matter with which we're all familiar, inviting readers to examine the choices and sacrifices that are part of living.

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