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Author Mark O'Neal embarks on a journey of mental exploration and soul searching after being laid off from his job of sixteen years. O'Neal's short narrative (5000 words) chronicles the first three months of his unemployment in Chicago, Illinois; and this gripping account of the everyday challenges a displaced worker faces is something that people from all walks of life can comprehend.
He struggles to put the pieces of his life back together and reinvent himself as he adjusts to the new economic climate in the United States. He deals with the raw emotions of his current plight and with the uncertainty of what his future holds in terms of his career. He also expresses his views on why he believes the economy is in such bad shape and what he would do differently to change his present situation as well as the situation of society as a whole.
He struggles to put the pieces of his life back together and reinvent himself as he adjusts to the new economic climate in the United States. He deals with the raw emotions of his current plight and with the uncertainty of what his future holds in terms of his career. He also expresses his views on why he believes the economy is in such bad shape and what he would do differently to change his present situation as well as the situation of society as a whole.
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First published April 3, 2013
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Mark O'Neal
12 books37 followersI enjoy reading and writing for recreation. I've been writing fiction since 2008 and discovered my passion for it on a winding road of many positive and negative life experiences. I try to mold these experiences into writing that is bold and captivating to many avid readers.
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