Seeing Sociology by Joan Ferrante

Seeing Sociology by Joan Ferrante

Two years after the car accident that killed his wife and seven year old son, police officer Jesup Beal remains tormented by sorrow and unable to heal from the tragedy. He feels his family's presence all around him as if they were still alive and only away for the moment. His son's bedroom is kept like a museum, the toys in perfect order, the clothes neatly folded; everything as it was the day of the accident, waiting for his son to return home. Time has not healed Jesup's grief, rather it has intensified it. Each night, Jesup sits alone in his empty apartment grieving. He holds his pistol in his mouth, and squeezes the trigger little by little, testing how much pressure the gun can take without firing. Each night, he gets closer and closer to the trigger's limit, but he cannot bring himself fire. Rather than taking his own life, Jesup instead offers himself up to fate. He walks the dark and dangerous streets of a city caught in the grips of a prolific serial killer. Unarmed and defenseless, Jesup taunts destiny, daring it to do what he cannot do himself . pull the trigger. When fate finally brings Jesup face to face with death, it is not the peaceful release he had sought. Instead, the death he encounters is something much more sinister. He is bitten by a vampire and cursed to be resurrected as one of the living dead Condemned to remain in this world with his grief and forever separated from the family he loved. His only hope for redemption is the Brazen Serpent, an ancient religious relic believed to heal the vampire bite.

Ferrante, Joan: - Joan Ferrante is a professor of sociology at Northern Kentucky University (NKU) as well as project director of the Campus Connect Student Philanthropy Project, which awards grants primarily to Kentucky and Ohio colleges and universities to support the integration of student philanthropy projects with academic coursework. In addition, Dr. Ferrante sponsors a Study Abroad Scholarship at NKU called Beyond the Classroom. Open to any student who has used her introductory text (new or used), the scholarship annually awards funds to five students to support their studies outside the United States. Respected among instructors and students alike, Dr. Ferrante also is the author of Sociology: A Global Perspective, 9th Edition and co-editor of The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity in the United States. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati.

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ISBN 13	9780495604853
ISBN 10	0495604852
Titel	Seeing Sociology
Autor	Joan Ferrante
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Wadsworth Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr	2010-07-12
Seitenanzahl	608
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