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THE OEDIPUS SYNDROME
MARIA GIUSTO
The first book of a six book series.
Book One — Blind Intentions
ISBN# 1-59118-019-8
* Soon to be available in pulp *
4 Points Press Publishing Company has selected as its first Series of
E-Novels, THE OEDIPUS SYNDROME, by first time novelist, Maria Giusto.
The Microsoft Reader(tm) electronic Book Series is available for
download over the Internet at http://www.4pointspress.com/
THE OEDIPUS SYNDROME is a frank, engaging and culturally rich look into
the life of Raf Frataleon, the inheritor and current CEO of the family
business, Frataleon, Inc. The author introduces us to the middle-aged
Raf during a pinnacle turning point in his career as he ruminates over
past family tragedies and personal self doubts. Written as a six book
series, THE OEDIPUS SYNDROME is a step-by-step introspective examination
of a man whose core beliefs are threatened and who is blindly betrayed
by past promises. Restitution from unsuspecting sources comes to him
but at a very high cost.
Maria Giusto's inspiration for writing THE OEDIPUS SYNDROME began by
chance, three years ago.
"It's my grandson's fault," said Maria Giusto, "He was failing a high
school Global History class, so I offered to tutor him for six hours a
week. I started to jot down notes of mental pictures, while he studied.
All kinds of images were dancing around in my head like they used to
when I was his age. I could never draw graphic pictures, but I always
did know how to make 'word pictures'. At the end of the semester, my
grandson had a notebook full of dry, ancient history notes and I had a
notebook full of handwritten 'word pictures'."
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Maria Giusto was born in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York
City, known as Little Italy. She is the oldest of four children born to
her Sicilian immigrant father and natural born mother. However, because
of the "Great Depression", her upbringing was taken over by her
maternal grandparents, who were themselves emigrates from Sicily, Italy
and who, after a short stay in Little Italy, bought a small piece of
farmland in the then small township of Seymour, Connecticut. When she
was seven, tragedy struck when her grandmother died suddenly of
pneumonia. She, along with her younger brother, were sent back to her
parents, who lived in the Project of Red Hook, in New York City.
At the age of twelve, she, her two brothers and parents returned to
Seymour, Connecticut, where her father started a new working career.
At the young age of seventeen, she moved again, this time to live with
her new husband's family in Los Angeles, California. There she finished
her high school education, then had a daughter and then went on to
college where she finished flight school and obtained a B.E. degree in
Industrial Engineering. After a short stint working in the drafting
department of Douglas Aircraft, she returned to her first passion, the
fashion field, as an Industrial Engineer and Technical Designer.
Until her retirement, in 1996, she had worked with some of the most
prestigious designers and fashion companies of the last century.
Although she has written professional articles and short stories, in
various forms, most of her life, THE EMIGRANT, published by 4 Points
Press Publishing Company, is her first novella and biographical attempt.
Ms. Giusto currently lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband.
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