Getting Enough

By Leonard Rosmarin

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Language: English Not Rated (NR)

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Getting Enough,by author Leonard Rosmarin, reveals a scandalous portrayal of abeautiful seductive Jewish Diva named Vera Rose, whose life is at atipping point and ready to implode.

The story delves into thedisheartened life of a woman trapped between a mid-life crisis and theaffliction of an unfulfilling sexless marriage. Vera is compelled toescape her repressive existence after an explosive argument with herhusband, Sidney. She reflects on her life and decides to unleash hertrue self, taking her niece’s husband, Boris, as her lover. Asrelationships begin to crumble around her, Vera is surprisingly struckby the realization that she has unfairly misjudged Sidney – in truth heis the despicable wretch and sexual failure she loves to hate.Together, they unexpectedly manage to work out a loving reconciliationmaking Getting Enough an irresistible read that leaves a melodramatic impression.

The Story Behind This Book

“For literally decades I had wanted to immortalize my over-the-top, larger-than-life Jewish family. They were refreshingly un-hypocritical. In fact, they were always brutally frank. They would never stab you in the back; it was always in the chest. So at least you knew where the blows were coming from. They were absolutely transparent. What you see was what you got. "I had written a few chapters way back in 1982, twenty-six years earlier. At that time, all I intended to do was to make fun of my relatives and throw in some sex into the story for good measure. When I returned to them so many years later, my attitude had, by then, changed radically. I felt a deep empathy towards them. I could no longer mock them. Instead of making my readers laugh at them, I wanted my readers to laugh with them. I still wanted my novel to be hilarious, but I wanted it to have poignancy, too. Hence the title, Getting Enough. "It’s the story of a group of individuals from the same family who are desperate for emotional and spiritual fulfilment but go about seeking it the wrong way. They get short-circuited by their erotic cravings. Rubbing epidermises is not the same thing as being in love with another human being. "The two main characters, at least, come out stronger and better people. Once they stop typecasting one another, they can move towards a loving reconciliation after 26 years of an acrimonious, hate-ridden marriage."

Praise and Reviews

"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