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Getting Enough,
by author Leonard Rosmarin, reveals a scandalous portrayal of a
beautiful seductive Jewish Diva named Vera Rose, whose life is
at a tipping point and ready to implode.
The story
delves into the disheartened life of a woman trapped between a
mid-life crisis
and the affliction of an unfulfilling sexless marriage. Vera is
compelled to escape her repressive existence after an explosive
argument with her husband, Sidney. She reflects on her life and
decides to unleash her true self, taking her niece’s husband,
Boris, as her lover. As relationships begin to crumble around
her, Vera is surprisingly struck by the realization that she has
unfairly misjudged Sidney – in truth he is the despicable wretch
and sexual failure she loves to hate. Together, they
unexpectedly manage to work out a loving reconciliation making
Getting Enough an irresistible read that leaves a
melodramatic impression.
Review
"Leonard Rosmarin's novel Getting Enough is a work of
genius. The characters fairly jump off the page, they are so
full of energy and life. Even the cover design imaginatively
conveys the theme of repressed energy and stifled desire
attempting to break out of the box of convention and hypocrisy.
The work, coarse in language conveying a society that is
struggling to find values and meaning, succeeds in resolving
conflict through an ending that is at once realistic and
uplifting. The author is to be commended for his great artistic
talent and gifted imagination."
Professor Paul Socken
University of Waterloo
"Getting Enough is an entertaining read as it leads
you through the hidden feelings of a family. A surprising and
humorous book!"
Bob & Susie
Davis
"My first impression
of Getting enough by Leonard Rosmarin is of a splendid,
fluid, rather classical style. The story implies some crude
words, and the author uses them boldly wherever necessary.
Each novel is unique, and this one maybe more than others:
despite the theme it is more psychological than erotic. The
narrator describes a total immersion in a world of love and
lust. He describes the feelings and inner thoughts of many
characters, most of them part of the Jewish family of Vera and
Sidney, a middle-aged couple on the verge of implosion,
apparently beyond reconciliation.
The evolution of relationships is brilliantly built, each action
or decision being described by the monologue or reflexions of
the character. The narrator remains heterodiegetic but knows how
to integrate the personalities and various points of view like
in a well built screenplay."
Michel Goeldlin
Article on Getting Enough,
written by Journalist, Julia Le, with the Mississauga News
March 25, 2009 12:57 PM -
Leonard Rosmarin began writing
a novel 25 years ago, but found little
time to complete it given his busy
schedule as a professor of French
literature.
Read more of this Article
"If
you like a book filled with drama,
scandals, and blackmail, then look no
further. This book is filled with it and
when I started to read it I couldn't put
it down.
My
heart kind of goes out to Sid and Vera.
Sid wants the love of his wife and
intimacy that they once had. Vera on the
other hand is a woman who speaks her
mind and is hated by people who can't
handle her big personality. She doesn't
care what people say about her because
they don't affect her. She wants to open
up something that's locked deep inside
of her.
In
Vera's eyes Sid is kind of a loser who
has fallen off the social ladder. In
Sid's eyes he still loves Vera even
though he was messing around on her and
she is still a goddess in his eyes. With
all of this going on they both figured
out things about each other and learn to
forgive each other and try and pull it
together again.
The
rest of the families in this book are
just as dramatic like Sid and Vera and
as equally dysfunctional and off
balance. In the end love and forgiveness
prevails."
Harold Martin
"Getting Enough by Leonard
Rosmarin is great reading. The
characters come alive in all their
essential humanity, the good and the
less good, but even at their worst, they
evoke our sympathy and understanding.
The setting is that of a Jewish family
in Ontario, with the members showing all
the human traits one expects in any
group of relatives: love, loyalty and
friendship, but also family feuds,
personal rivalries, and random bickering
which sometimes hides a deep affection
or even love. Yet the characters
transcend ethnicity by their
universality, with the result that all,
whatever their background, can immerse
themselves in the story in the same way
that we all found "My Big Fat Greek
Wedding" so appealing, with the specific
setting just providing the background
for a universally appealing story. I
hope that the book will be turned into a
movie, or better still, both a movie and
a T.V. sitcom. I am sure that both would
be welcomed enthusiastically."
Adi Eisenberg, FRSC
Otto Maass Professor
Department of Chemistry
McGill University
Montreal, QC, Canada
(Affiliation for identification only)
About the Author
Leonard
Rosmarin was a university professor for over forty years. He
published nine books on various aspects of French literature,
presented hundreds of papers at learned conferences and has
written many articles. The French Government has also decorated
him twice for exceptional service in the cause of French
letters. He feels as though he’s been writing all his life and
writes fiction to see more clearly into himself and the human
condition. The inspiration for this book comes from his
fascination with the extended Jewish family he grew up in. Even
though Leonard is currently retired, he has recently published
two scholarly works and has translated one of the finest plays
to come out of France in the past 50 years. He pays tribute to
his wife of 44 years, Beatrice, who has kept him on an even
keel. He and his family lived in St. Catharines, Ontario for
over forty years and presently reside in Mississauga, Ontario.
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