Robert G. Rogers
ASIN: B00GW5J5L2
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 308
Jodie Mae Phelps was born in the thirties, less than “naught” in the culture of the times and destined to stay that way. Poor white trash to be used and abused by the upper classes in a society where the only rights a poor woman had were to serve a man’s needs without complaints. But Jodie was born with a determination to be more. She wanted to be more than a zero; she wanted to be someone who counted. Aided by her "tongue-tied" runt of a brother, and desperate to break free of the stigma of white trash, she decides to take on the male-dominated upper class and run for Sheriff. In doing so, she is forced to make sacrifices few women would consider. She falls in love, twice, but love takes a back seat to her campaign and her need to "be somebody" — to live as an equal, not second class.Eventually, her determination brings her a head-on confrontation with the male dominated culture of 40s ...