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    The Agreement
    The Agreement
    The Agreement
    Audiobook1 hour

    The Agreement

    Written by John Isaac Jones

    Narrated by Susan Marlowe

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    "Follow love and it will flee; flee love and it will follow thee." - Anonymous 

    When Alma Dawson, a middle-aged, hard-working single mother, sets out to get the tuition money for her daughter's last year of college, she never dreamed her entire world would be turned upside down. A poignant, inspiring story, this novella is a testimony to a devoted mother's love!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Isaac Jones
    Release dateOct 13, 2017
    ISBN9781987124910
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    John Isaac Jones

    John Isaac Jones is a retired journalist currently living at Merritt Island, Florida. For more than thirty years, "John I.," as he prefers to be called, was a reporter for media outlets throughout the world. These included local newspapers in his native Alabama, The National Enquirer, News of the World in London, the Sydney Morning Herald, and NBC television. He is the author of five novels, a short story collection and two novellas.

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    • 5/5
      I really liked the short story The agreement. It was an interesting and engrossing read, touching on many different issues and levels:
      First, it the story of a single mom and her only daughter in the 1950’s---their relationship and their life. Being a single mother then was totally different than being a single mother today. It Is certainly not easy now (speaking from experience), but in the fifties it was much more difficult. Women rarely worked and when having to suddenly support themselves and their children, the work they were able to find paid very little. There was little support for a single mother in those days. In this case, Alma Dawson works for a very small salary in a fabric store and she was virtually on her own.
      Second, it is a story of a woman’s growth as she discovers her own strengths and talents. This is the part of the story I really liked----Watching Alma blossom into a confident and successful woman was exciting to me and showed a clear pathway of personal growth that many of us can relate to if we look back into the steps we took in our lives that got us where we are now. I loved the new Alma!
      Third, it was the story of a woman forced by circumstances to make a morally difficult and shady decision that affects her life and her daughter’s life in a very important way. Some may be offended by the agreement she made, but I rather admired her. I also really admired her because once she made the decision, she handled herself with grace and honor---grace under pressure, which in this case is the sign of a true lady. She never faltered after she made the decision, in fact this begins her odyssey into a new life and a new woman.
      Fourth, it was a love story, albeit an unusual one. I don’t want to give any more details of this aspect, because I don’t want to give any spoilers.
      The story feels old-fashioned. It was from a totally different time---the 1950’s are so far removed from 2015, that it is hard to conceive of life in those days. This story gives a very detailed and true picture of “the good old days”, which indeed are old-fashioned. Very well narrated, the pace was good, clear and with plenty of emotion. Well done!