Kirjahaku

Normal. A frequently used word, yet a word whose exact meaning is as elusive as the term "perversion". What those two words imply seems to vary from nation to nation, from community to community, from person to person. Among one African tribe it is considered obscene to expose one's back to others. In many Eskimo communities it is the height of hospitality for a man to offer his wife to a guest. The characters in the book appear to be average Americans. Yet they behave in ways that many others would consider abnormal. But who is to say whether these characters are normal or perverse? PARTY GIRL is a novel of major interest to any who hope to find and define their own standards of correct behavior. A story of one woman seeking to resolve conflicts and find happiness.

One need only tune in the television set during prime time on any night of the week to witness a seemingly endless barrage of violence in the form of "entertainment". Whether it is cops pursuing robbers, or secret agents gunning down other secret agents, the pattern is invariably the same. The fact that no one is really hurt, at least physically, is also common to them all. But real violence does exist, and real people, good and bad, are maimed and killed daily in the streets and homes of America. The thing that Rhoda Miller, a young and inexperienced woman, failed to realize, could very well be a lesson for all of us as we sit in our living rooms soaking up TV's phony violence. There are criminals in our midst, people who would steal or rape or murder at the slightest provocation, people who have no respect whatsoever for human life. Rhoda Miller's degradation at the hands of people like these may have been avoided had she had more "respect" for this dangerous element in society, and had she heeded the warning signs. But her innocence - and possibly the false picture of violence she and all of us receive through the entertainment media made her reckless in her dealings with those who follow no code of morality. SECRETARY IN BONDAGE - a serious novel of blind lust and depravity, in which can be found an important message...