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Forgetful
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A persuasive dean from a historically black university in Washington, D.C. talks Dr. Benjamin Parks into teaching a seminar on cross-cultural relationships. Bright students enroll and question whether bridges really can be built across racial, gender, attraction orientation, political, and religious divides.
The universal dilemmas explored in the seminar are but one of the multilayered complexities that in some ways challenge and in other ways trap Ben Parks. His professional achievements can't substitute for the loving, peaceful home life that stays just out of reach.
Compounding the situation, Ben is afraid he is losing his memory and may be suffering from early dementia. He experiences embarrassing signs at unexpected times in both his professional life as an organizational consultant and part-time college professor, and in his hot and cold relationship with his wife Addie.
Ben is blessed with a career hobnobbing with corporate and government movers and shakers as they wrestle with complex strategic leadership questions. But as multiple family members around him are succumbing to Alzheimer's, Ben wonders if he's next in line.
About the Author:
Since 1976, Nick Mann as worked as an organizational development practitioner. His prior career included serving as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army in the late 1960s, and managing in a manpower and social services program in the early 1970s. Dr. Mann is on the adjunct faculty of the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia. His Ph.D. was earned at Howard University in human communication studies. The author lives in Washington, D.C., and this is his first novel.
Publisher's website: http: //sbprabooks.com/NickMann
A persuasive dean from a historically black university in Washington, D.C. talks Dr. Benjamin Parks into teaching a seminar on cross-cultural relationships. Bright students enroll and question whether bridges really can be built across racial, gender, attraction orientation, political, and religious divides.
The universal dilemmas explored in the seminar are but one of the multilayered complexities that in some ways challenge and in other ways trap Ben Parks. His professional achievements can't substitute for the loving, peaceful home life that stays just out of reach.
Compounding the situation, Ben is afraid he is losing his memory and may be suffering from early dementia. He experiences embarrassing signs at unexpected times in both his professional life as an organizational consultant and part-time college professor, and in his hot and cold relationship with his wife Addie.
Ben is blessed with a career hobnobbing with corporate and government movers and shakers as they wrestle with complex strategic leadership questions. But as multiple family members around him are succumbing to Alzheimer's, Ben wonders if he's next in line.
About the Author:
Since 1976, Nick Mann as worked as an organizational development practitioner. His prior career included serving as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army in the late 1960s, and managing in a manpower and social services program in the early 1970s. Dr. Mann is on the adjunct faculty of the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia. His Ph.D. was earned at Howard University in human communication studies. The author lives in Washington, D.C., and this is his first novel.
Publisher's website: http: //sbprabooks.com/NickMann
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First published September 9, 2013
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Nick Mann
18 books8 followersNick Mann trained at Howard University where he received a PhD in organizational communication. Since the middle 1970s he has operated a boutique consulting firm, serving federal government as well as labor and private industry clients. He began writing "Forgetful" as a labor of love in January of 2009 and it was finally published in September 2013. Nick lives in Washington, DC and is an adjunct faculty member at the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia. "Wounded," his second book, is both a prequel and sequel to "Forgetful."
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October 6, 2014
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and look forward to more from Nick. There were seminar descriptions and details that showed how knowledgeable this author is, with diversity issues. So timely! And the way he delved into coping mechanisms for the Alzheimer-challenged family was just what I needed! Thanks and keep writing!!!
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