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rita dalessio

rita dalessio

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My name is Rita D’Alessio I was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey.  This story, "The Unforgettable Struggle",  has been waiting for a long time in my head and one day I decided to sit down and write it.  This is my first book.  I now reside in Brick, New Jersey with my husband, John and my dog Princess.  I have two daughters and two grandchildren. 

I retired about fifteen years ago.  I had time on my hands and started to paint.  One day I decided to write this story about a battered woman.  It is fiction, based on a truly brave woman.  Now I do more writing and very little painting even though I still love to paint.  I also like to read, knit, cook and occasionally do volunteer work.  I wish when my book is released that people read it and realize what a problem Domestic Violence is around the country. 

Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God

Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God

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<p>“<em>We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”(</em>Teilhard de Chardin<em>)</em></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;"><em>Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God </em> is as layered as a French cassoulet, as diverting, satisfying and as rich. Each reader will spoon this book differently. On the surface it seems to be a simple and light-hearted poetic journey through the history of Western thought, dominantly scientific, but enriched with painting and music. Beneath that surface is the sauce of a new evolutionary idea, involution; the informing of all matter by consciousness, encoded and communicating throughout the natural world. A book about the cathedral of consciousness could have used any language to paint it, but science is perhaps most in need of new vision, and its chronology is already familiar.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">The author offers a bold alternative vision of both science and creation: she suggests that science has been incrementally the recovery of memory, the memory of evolution/involution</span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">.</em></p><p>“<em> Involution proposes that humans carry within them the history of the universe, which is (re)discovered by the individual genius when the time is ripe. All is stored within our DNA and awaits revelation. Such piecemeal revelations set our finite lives in an eternal chain of co-creation and these new leaps of discovery are compared to mystical experience</em>” (From a reviewer)</p><p>Each unique contributor served the collective and universal return to holism and unity. Thus the geniuses of the scientific journey, like the spiritual visionaries alongside, have threaded the rosary of science with the beads of inspiration, and through them returned Man to his spiritual nature and origin.</p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">The separation between experience and the rational intellect of science has, by modelling memory as theory, separated its understanding from the consciousness of all, and perceives mind and matter as separate, God and Man as distinct. This work is a dance towards their re-unification: Saints and scientists break the same bread.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">All of time and all the disciplines of science are needed for the evidence. Through swift (and sometimes sparring) Cantos of dialogue between Reason and Soul, Philippa Rees takes the reader on a monumental journey through the history of everything – with the evolution of man as one side of the coin and involution the other.  The poetic narrative is augmented by learned and extensive footnotes offering background knowledge which in themselves are fascinating. In effect there are two books, offering a right and left brain approach. The twin spirals of a DNA shaped book intertwine external and internal and find, between them, one journey, Man’s recovery of Himself., and (hopefully) the Creation’s recovery of a nobler Man.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">From the same review “</span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">The reader who finishes the book will not be the same as the one who began it. New ideas will expand the mind but more profoundly, the deep, moving power of the verse will affect the heart.</em></p><p><em>(Marianne Rankin: Director of Communications, Alister Hardy Trust)</em></p><p> </p>

Story Behind The Book

The Unforgettable Struggle/Synopsis In 1926 Maria came to America an innocent immigrant from Palermo, Sicily. She was 15 when she first set foot in America. When Maria met Michael she thought her dream of marriage and a family would soon be answered. After much rejection from her father, she saw Michael on the sneak. Eventually they married. After some time, their relationship started to take a turn for the worse. Maria has been beaten to a pulp many times, black eyes, bloody nose, missing teeth. He blamed his drinking problems on everyone but himself. Why does she keep hiding his faults and protecting him? Was this going to be her life? Would he be coming back giving her problems? Will he never leave and not come back? Why is he doing this to her? These are the questions Maria asked herself. She hopes things will change as time goes by. With every smack, every push, every shove, things keep getting worse. Every awkward silence of embarrassment and belittling eats away at her. Trying to find the courage and strength within her to finally break the silence.

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<p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:18pt;color:#400080;">BOOK REVIEW: </span></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:18pt;color:#400080;">Subject: JUST FINISHED YOUR GREAT BOOK!!!! <br />Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 4:09:00 PM </span></strong></p> <p style="text-align:center;" align="center">RITA, <br /><br />I JUST FINISHED YOUR WONDERFUL BOOK. I WAITED TO GET A BLOCK OF TIME AND READ IT MOSTLY TODAY, WEDNESDAY. I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR HARD WORK IN PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. I AM RECOMMENDING THIS BOOK TO ALL MY FRIENDS. IT WILL MAKE GOOD SUMMER BEACH READING. <br /><br />LOVE, <br />DONNA M.</p> <p style="text-align:center;" align="center">Library - Book Signing Review </p> <div class="fw-text"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="border-left-color:#d4d0c8;border-bottom-color:#d4d0c8;border-top-color:#d4d0c8;background-color:transparent;border-right-color:#d4d0c8;"> <div class="shape" style="padding-right:7.2pt;padding-left:7.2pt;padding-bottom:3.6pt;padding-top:3.6pt;"> <h5 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial" size="6">OCEAN COUNTY LIBRARY</font></h5> <h3 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left;" align="left"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Connecting People ... Building Community<span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:'Eras Bold ITC';"></span></font></font></h3><p></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Arial" size="4"><font size="3"> </font><strong>101 Washington St., Toms River, NJ 08753-7625</strong></font> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:right;" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="4"><strong>Telephone: 732-349-6200</strong></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:right;" align="right"><span><font face="Arial" size="4"><strong> </strong></font></span><a href="http://www.oceancountylibrary.org/"><font face="Arial" color="#7a01c2" size="4"><strong>www.oceancountylibrary.org</strong></font></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:right;" align="right"><strong><font face="Arial"><font size="4">Elaine H. McConnell</font>, Di</font><font size="2"><font face="Arial">rector</font></font></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:right;" align="right"><strong><font face="Arial" size="2"><span><font size="4">September 1, 2006</font></span></font></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><strong> </strong></font></font><strong><font size="2"><font face="Arial"> </font></font></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"> </font></font><font face="Arial" size="4"><strong>Dear Rita,</strong></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><strong><font size="4"> </font></strong></font></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><strong>On behalf of the Ocean County Library and our customers, I want to thank you for an insightful and informative program on Wednesday.<span>  </span>Domestic abuse is such an important issue that we will never exhaust the possibilities to share with and inform each other about its details.</strong></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><strong><font size="4"> </font></strong></font></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><strong>I could see that you were able to draw the audience out, inviting them to share their personal experiences and insight.<span>  </span>This made the discussion intimate and meaningful, and I know that must help those going through something of that nature.</strong></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><strong><font size="4"> </font></strong></font></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><strong>Several people told me what an excellent and enjoyable program it was on their way out, and I'd like to add my personal congratulations and thanks for your presentation.</strong></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><strong><font size="4"> </font></strong></font></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><strong>Again, let me convey thanks for an enjoyable and important program.</strong></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><strong><font size="4"> </font></strong></font></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><strong><font size="4"> </font></strong></font></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><strong><font size="4"> </font></strong></font><font face="Arial" size="4"><strong>Sincerely,</strong></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><strong><font size="4"> </font></strong></font></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><strong>Marguerite Dugas</strong></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><strong>Librarian </strong></font></p></div> <div class="fw-paragraphbottom"></div> <div class="fw-paragraph"> <div class="fw-paragraphtop"></div> <h3 class="fw-title"><a></a></h3></div>