Title – Ungolden Silence
by Lydia E. Brew
Format – Print & Ebook
Genre - Fiction
Ungolden Silence
will explore the world of rape and expose the myths through articles that are
based on facts. The main question that needs to be answered is why one human
being would rape another human being. These reasons are explored in a
compelling story that will make the reader ask questions. Beatrice James wanted
to take her co-worker Elaine on her first professional trip, she had to
convince her employers and Elaine’s parents that she wanted to take Elaine on
the trip. Elaine was in charge of the campaign.
Thomas Paige is a well-respected community leader,
however, there is whole other side of side of him. The man can be charming when
he needs to be and that is why he can get away with sexually harassing and
raping women. He began to harassed Beatrice did not want Elaine to have to deal
with it. Beatrice did not want to deal with the fact that she was being
sexually harassed.
When any crime takes place, the families of the victims as
well as the criminal are involved. Ungolden
Silence will illustrate that the criminal is a real person, and rarely does
he commit crimes just for the fun of it.
It is important to know that rape is a part of violence.
Through the characters of Ungolden
Silence it is hoped that society will begin to find a way to eliminate the
acceptance of violence, which includes the act of rape.
It is through Beatrice, Elaine, and their colleagues that Ungolden Silence begins to explore the
world of rape. Each of the main characters discovers what he has believed about
rape and violence is not entirely true. A good example of this is when the
firm’s secretary is told what happened on the trip. She discovered that some
things that she was told when she was young was a myth.
Through all of the characters, Ungolden Silence offers an
alternative to the everyday acceptance of violence. When it comes to rape, it
tells us that the rapists are human beings and there is a way to curb the
crime.
What does the author wants the reader to take away is that
the story is about a woman was rape while she and her business partner was away
on a business trip. Her business partner is disabled but that is an important
part of the story. However, it is not the main story.
Daydreams mean different
things to different people. For me, my daydream made it easy for me to accept my
disability as well as prepared me to become an author. I remember when the teacher assigned a
composition I knew what I would write before the end of that class. I remember
one time the main character had to be an animal – mine was a horse I
think.
High school and college writing
assignments are different from a novel. Usually, the students are given
guidelines that must be covered in the assignment. However, a writer of fiction, especially
first or second time author, can write about what is on his mind. Different
authors have different methods of organizing the stories in their minds. This
is probably done before the authors sit down to write. The stories have to be
somewhere in their minds before the story can flow to their hands to be written.
Sometimes I feel that the story is writing itself. No, the story is somewhere
in the mind of the author waiting to get out.
Ever since I can remember, I
daydreamed about the people I knew. It wasn’t until I was much older that I
realized I was not the only person who did that. One of the characters did that
on the soap opera, Guiding Light. Sometimes my daydream will last for years as
if they are stories waiting to be written.
Some writer’s stories are
dreams; mine never are. Once I decide to write the story, then I must work out
the details. When I sat down to
write, I knew that I wanted a story that was different. When most women are
raped, they do not want to tell because society does not want to deal with
it. While I was writing the story, I
daydreamed about the characters and why they are the way they are.
Daydreams mean different things to different people, authors may or might
not use dreams for their stories. Daydreams were a always part of me, and I
know that they are the basis for my stories. I loved writing them.
Ungolden Silence is a story about a
rape. Once the characters are over the
trauma of the rape, they search for answers. The information they found is what
society needs to know and change. My daydream is that when Ungolden
Silence is read it will make the reader think about the way society
deals with violence against women.
Book Excerpts:
Excerpt #1 Let me set this up. Beatrice and Elaine are out
of town on business. Beatrice and Elaine are at the home of their client, Mrs.
Stevens and a community leader, Mr. Paige comes in. Mrs. Stevens take Elaine to
see something.
As the four talked for an
hour or so, Mr. Thomas Page did not take his eyes off Beatrice. He ignored
Elaine completely. He would often sit by Beatrice and after a few minutes; she
would move. Elaine could see that Mr. Paige liked Beatrice, but she didn’t
return the feeling and was uncomfortable and a bit irritated with his
attention. When Mrs. Stevens offered to show Elaine the baby grand piano in her
music room, Mr. Paige and Beatrice were left alone. Beatrice decided she needed
to get a few things straight.
“Look, you seem to be a nice
guy, but I’m not interested.
You’re making me very
uncomfortable,” Beatrice added. Mr. Paige did not seem to hear her.
“Alone at last, Miss James,”
he said in a soft gentle voice as he stroked her face.
The second that Beatrice felt
his fingers on her face, her anger turned to fear. She did not want to let Mr.
Paige know that he frightened her.
“I did not give you
permission to touch me! Listen, I’m not interested in you, in any way. Please,
just leave me alone!” Beatrice said angrily. The pleasantness was gone and her
teeth were clenched. However, before she finishes her statement Mr. Paige had
his hands on her buttocks. In that instance Beatrice remembers when she was
sixteen. It was a hot summer day: she was lying on the sofa half asleep. She
awakens to her uncle kissing and caressing her face. He did not stop there he
unzipped his pants and began to slide his hand and was pulling down her panties
when Judy came into the room. Beatrice’s mind came to the present.
“Oh now, I think that we can
have a good time this week,” he said in the same manner as before.
“I said no! Now get your hands
off me!” Beatrice snatched her body away from his reach knocking his shades
off. The man’s breath had a faint odor of alcohol. His eyes were glassy red.
However, Beatrice did not take notice because she was so shocked from the
memory of what her uncle did to her and the fact that this man was making a
move on her was overwhelming. Mr. Paige returned to his seat and put his shades
back on his face only because he heard Mrs. Stevens and Elaine returning.
When Elaine walked in and sat
down, she picked up on some strange vibes from Beatrice. There was a strange
look in her colleague’s eyes. This troubled Elaine because she knew something
was upsetting Beatrice.
This man had just made
unwanted sexual advances to Beatrice and she tells Elaine and Mrs. Stevens that
she had a headache?
Excerpt #2 This is at end and this is a part of a speech
that its being given at a launch of a magazine on domestic violence.
Shara stepped to the
microphone and said “Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Attitudes must change
if this problem is going to be solved. I went to Washington the second that I
heard Beatrice had been raped. The firm had a limo for Elaine and Beatrice so
that Elaine could be as independent as possible. When I got to Washington, the
rape and the act that a “community leader” was accused of rape was a major
story. The limo driver just knew that the lady was a hooker, and he was mad.
Again, it was the victim’s fault. This driver did not have the facts. Why
didn’t I set him straight? Well. I thought I had to protect Beatrice’s privacy
right?”
“Right,” the crowd answers
slowly.
“NO, WRONG, ladies and gentlemen. This is what we are talking about;
wrong because RAPE IS A CRIME! When
it comes to sexual harassment or anything about sexual dysfunction, we don’t
listen, we don’t tell. It is personal, private. NO! It is a crime and everybody needs to tell the world. Beatrice
was not the first female that the man raped not even close to the first.”
“Each case of rape is
different. In Beatrice’s case, this man was chasing her all the time that she
was in Washington. Am I blaming her? To a degree, yes.”
“The audience seemed
repulsed; “People. Please understand that what is being said here tonight is
known by all people in the firm, especially top team members. I am not saying
this to hurt my colleague. This is to make you see and understand what we are
saying. The man who raped her stalked her all week. The women who saw the “bad”
side of him kept quiet. That enabled him to cause more pain. He used that
silence, and his list of victims got longer and longer. The women kept silent
because they did not want to face the attitude that we as a society give them;
oh, it was nothing. It was something when Mr. Paige touched my colleague
inappropriately the second they were alone. She did not want him. We must allow
women to say what they do and do not want men to do to their bodies. We must
change the attitude about sexual problems, and we must listen when a woman is
trying to get a man to stop. When a woman says a man is bothering her, we must
hear and make sure the man understands that he must stop.”
Publisher - Xlibris
Release Date – 2008
Website - www.ungoldensilence.com
Email – leco@wt.net
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