An American Gospel edition by MT Daffenberg Literature Fiction eBooks
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After serving his country and earning a philosophy degree, an Iraq war veteran struggles to support his family in recessionary America, pushing him closer and closer to the brink of suicide, when a murdered girl, cancer and a nursing home miracle come together as a message of hope. With a wife and two children to support, Mike Gilbacher ventures into the work world only to find disappointment as a low-paying convenience store clerk. Then, an opportunity at a nursing home arises, but things get worse as he witnesses the neglect and endures the constant stress of dealing with dying people. Mike’s frustration builds until he becomes hopeless, thinking he has found his only answer in a bottle of pills. Can his life be saved and faith restored?
An American Gospel edition by MT Daffenberg Literature Fiction eBooks
It took me awhile to get around to my review, only because I wanted to read it again.Reading like a memoir, the author leads us through the protagonist's journey but not in a linear fashion. The story jumps from present to past to further past as the main character descibes his journey. It was a little distracting, but overall was effective. The characers are relatable and, more importantly, believable. One of the things I enjoyed the most was that the author writes in a voice that seems to come right out of his head. Sentence fragments, incomplete thoughts. Stating things, then immediately disagreeing with or questioning those things. Some people might find that style distracting, but I found it to be highly effective.
The protagonist is not a hero. He is human and fallible. However, many times throughout he book (including the end) he presents his story as "woe is me, why am I so much better than everyone else but life still sucks?" Again, this makes him human, but it did grow a little tiresome.
Like any good story, I hope for a complete telling, and for a resolution at the end. Both are present here, even if the end leaves us hanging. That's life, and there are no easy answers (sometimes, none at all).
I'm not literary critic. Ultimately the author tells a good story, and I was very pleased with the results. I recommend it.
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An American Gospel edition by MT Daffenberg Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
An American Gospel kept me engrossed from the very beginning! This novel is a real look into societies unseen and rarely talked about demons ~ Depression, Cancer, Elderly Abuse and Neglect as well as the mistreatment of the very foundation of what makes our society ~ Minimum Wage Workers ~
Daffenberg not only gave the readers a behind-the-scenes look into a world few have seen and many choose to over look, as well as a first hand account of those who live the trials and tribulations of the long term health care world (both the workers and residents). The writer also did a superb job penning the thoughts and emotions of a person suffering from depression and the struggles within ones self, whether they are personal or societal causes/reasons. Not only did Daffenberg give the readers thoughts, words and emotions, (s)he relayed how we, as a society, can make or break each other's human spirits. Kudos to you for putting such an emotionally raw novel out there for the world to read and feel! I highly recommend this novel...
An American Gospel is an unusual and engrossing page-turner on a subject too rarely treated in literary fiction. Daffenberg's narrator, Mike, shows us the struggle to support a family on underpaid soul-destroying jobs in a vivid succession of episodes and conversations, with glimmers of humor and humanity overcome by banality, exhaustion, disappointment, and pervasive fear because the bills can never all be paid. Mike is an aspiring writer, and sometimes turns workplace events into blog entries, which appear along with readers’ comments. Daffenberg wittily catches the tone of such exchanges, and his Mike weaves in flash-forwards and subplots to break up the bleakness of his story. But the downward spiral continues and an unforseen blow brings things to an edge of utter hopelessness…until Daffenberg pulls off a resolution of the real-world kind that is anything but a neatly tied-up bow but feels just right.
This is one of a very few books I've read twice. It will make you laugh, make you cry, make you glad, sad and mad, maybe simultaneously. A powerful and well-crafted chronicle of stuggling to get along in a dying culture where spirituality has been monetized and virtue is for profit, written by a man who has been there and survived the trip (sort of). I hope we'll be reading a lot more from M. T. Daffenberg in the future.
AN AMERICAN GOSPEL gives an unsparing account of the brutal realities of life for a great proportion of Americans, people who struggled to get an education, serve their country, raise their kids yet find themselves struggling to pay the bills as they labor in fast-food joints, convenience stores, nursing homes. Mr. Daffenberg does not shrink from showing the conditions of economic survival and the daily psychological and emotional battering this inflicts. At the same time, he conveys the tenacity, humor, love, kindness and inspiration that enable people not just to survive but to triumph and find hope amid hopelessness. It's a brave and inspiring book.
There are a lot of good things about An American Gospel. The main character, Mike Gilbacher, develops. It discusses important ideas. It shows the reality millions face stuck in dead-end jobs. And the book doesn't rub your face in it. What could be more depressing than working in a nursing home? I can't think of anything. We get the smells and the jerks running the home, but we don't get sick ourselves. I appreciated that. I also appreciated the book's honestly and its viewpoint. What it didn't cover was Mike's personal responsibility for his plight when he chose to major in philosophy. It also advocated a way out of poverty not feasible for millions of Americans. But I don't want to argue these points. This is a good book, worth reading, and so much better than all the shock serial murder books out there. I hope to find more books like this one.
This is a brutally honest, beautifully written account of the author's adult life, including struggles with poverty, cancer, underemployment, unfair/corrupt bosses, suicidal thoughts, the heartbreak of watching helpless residents in a nursing home suffer in a for-profit system that puts profit ahead of people, and being powerless to do much about it. He is a modern day Job who perseveres though smack-down after smack-down and ends up finding salvation in his love for his family, compassion for his fellow man, a wise co-worker named Michael, and ultimately his writing. I hope he becomes a big success as an author and inspires others to hang in there. Intellectually, I knew the economy was making it tough for people. But now I feel I have a much better understanding of what that means. Mr. Daffenberg has inspired me to go out there and try to make a difference.
It took me awhile to get around to my review, only because I wanted to read it again.
Reading like a memoir, the author leads us through the protagonist's journey but not in a linear fashion. The story jumps from present to past to further past as the main character descibes his journey. It was a little distracting, but overall was effective. The characers are relatable and, more importantly, believable. One of the things I enjoyed the most was that the author writes in a voice that seems to come right out of his head. Sentence fragments, incomplete thoughts. Stating things, then immediately disagreeing with or questioning those things. Some people might find that style distracting, but I found it to be highly effective.
The protagonist is not a hero. He is human and fallible. However, many times throughout he book (including the end) he presents his story as "woe is me, why am I so much better than everyone else but life still sucks?" Again, this makes him human, but it did grow a little tiresome.
Like any good story, I hope for a complete telling, and for a resolution at the end. Both are present here, even if the end leaves us hanging. That's life, and there are no easy answers (sometimes, none at all).
I'm not literary critic. Ultimately the author tells a good story, and I was very pleased with the results. I recommend it.
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