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Sharp Obsidian"
“. . . the experience he nailed. This is something my mom and I have needed to do for over a decade just didn’t know how . . . provided a way for us to finally understand, and for that I send my deepest regards.”
—Alicia Closson, Colfax, WA.
Sharp Obsidian lays bare the inner struggles of a father and his strong-willed teenage daughter when she begins to test life’s boundaries. Her father refuses to let destructive influences twist her morals and dispirited, he commits his daughter to a teen recovery camp. She is indignant but meets the challenge with grit, uncovers her true essence, and matures into a savvy young woman.
Julia – A headstrong fourteen-year-old challenging her parents for control as she experiments with life’s temptations.
“If you are fourteen, have ever been fourteen or are the parent of a fourteen-year-old, you will find a connection to Julia.”
Steven – Julia’s father, frightened by the choices his daughter is making and determined to protect her.
“Any father of a teenage daughter will understand Steven’s motivation and recognize his fear.”
Joseph Suste is an engineer, actor, playwright, poet and fiction writer. His novel The Torture Trial of George W. Bush imagines prosecuting Bush for authorizing the torture of detainees by the CIA and U.S. military. He has published a children’s book, Growing Up Strong, about weaning youngsters. He resides with his wife on a mini-ranch in Southern Oregon.
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Sharp Obsidian lays bare the intimate inner struggles of a fatherand his strong-willed teenage daughter when she begins to test life'sboundaries. Her father refuses to let destructive influences twist her mores and-- dispirited-- he commits her to a teenrecovery camp. She is indignant but meets the challenge with grit, uncovers hertrue essence and matures into a savvy young woman.
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I never wanted a daughter--or a son for that matter. It wasn't that I didn't want children. I really hadn't thought about it one way or the other. Then--before I knew it--I found myself the father of two girls. I adore them both, but the youngest one, Julia, challenged our authority every day of her young life. In the fall of the year she turned fourteen, everything spun completely out of control.
When I looked back at that time years later, I saw the whole affair in a different light, like discovering missed innuendos in the second reading of a favorite book. Some matters that seemed important then, looked trivial in retrospect, and small concerns transformed into issues of lasting consequence. Personal biases revealed themselves and distortions clarified when examined from the other's point of view. That's how it happened for me and Julia, when she finally agreed to talk about it.
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