Dorothy Skinner

''jamie'': a One Man's Struggle with Good and Evil Dorothy Skinner

The book of "JAMIE" is a storyabout a man who was abandoned when just a baby. His mother was a singlethriving dancer. She was unable to take care of him, so she left him with thebabysitter one day, and never returned for him. So he was brought by the sitter,in the slum part of Brooklyn. When becoming of age, he became abaseball player. On making money, he then searched for his parents. Always taking what he wanted outof life, regardless the consequences! He fell in love with a woman who he loveddearly, they was married. Even though he was married, he kept on cheating onher, in his selfish, carefree way. She then leaves him, and marries his youngerbrother on the rebound. At that time, Jamie also meets woman on his rebound. His woman was a frail type of person, with a Christian back ground. With his constant persuading, hepromises her that he will give up his wild ways if she will marry him, with nointentions of doing so! She marries him, and they try to make a home, on ashaky marriage. When their first child was born, his wife dies. Thus leavinghim despondent! Unable to take her death, he keeps going back to the churchwhere her funeral was held. He tries to bargain with God first, which did notwork. He gets angry at God. At the church he meets the priest that he uses topick on his wife about. Through this ordeal, he accepts the Lord. He then turnshis back on his new born daughter, and just leaves!On one sees or hears from him intwelve years. His life changes and he becomes a Pastor at a mission, insouthern Arizona. There he makeshis home. Je marries again to a Native Americanwoman, which he met at the mission. They have children which becomes his prideand joy! One day he gets a visit from hisbrother, and his ex-wife. They bring with them two of his children. Startinghere is where his life starts to get confusing! Up to this point, he has beenable to block out his past life, and actions, to his present wife. But when hisbrother arrives with the one woman that he cared so