Getting Back

About the Book

Above everything, Rob Silvers is preoccupied with getting even with his college, parents, wife and others who compromise his desires and expectations. While trying to find himself, he battles with an eccentric religious biology professor who dominates St. Sylvester's College. Midst controversy, he starts a free thinker's club, and finally with the aid of a sympathetic teacher, is able to leave.

Part two occurs over 20 years later. Now married to his college sweetheart, he is desperate to survive without a job or money in Pennsylvania. Meanwhile he suspects that his wife is unfaithful and seeks a harsh vengeance. This quick paced and humorous story questions whether life is determined by the past or if our choices are truly free.

About the Author

The author graduated from Southern Illinois University, earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from Duquesne University, and a M.L.S. from University of Pittsburgh. He teaches philosophy in a community college and a university, and lives in a west suburb of Chicago.