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    The Life of Book
    The Life of Book
    The Life of Book
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    The Life of Book

    By Philippe Ho, Sr

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    The Life of Book is a novel about the life of a family man and professional. In his private life, he has a complicated relationship with his wife, an elegant fashion magazine named “Vogue”. And with his rebellious teenage daughter “Popstar”, a pop music magazine. On the professional side, with his bossy boss “Time”, a news magazine. His complicated and steady life will take an unexpected turn. Book will make new experiences with new people coming into his life. His wife, his daughter and his boss' lives will be affected by Book's decisions and change of destiny. I invite you to follow their adventures, sharing their thoughts, feelings, struggles, mistakes and happiness that will lead to new beginnings.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPhilippe Ho, Sr
    Release dateNov 17, 2017
    ISBN9781370743131
    The Life of Book
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    Philippe Ho, Sr

    Philippe Ho was born in Switzerland in a family of Vietnamese immigrants in the late 70s. After living 28 years in Switzerland, he moved to South America, where he lived in a number of countries like Uruguay, Argentina and currently Colombia. Despite being a French native speaker, he writes in Spanish and English. He started writing short stories for children in Spanish, then short stories for adults. Later, he started writing fictions about different subjects (politics, movie, contemporary novel, etc.) in Spanish and English. Originality and coming up with a good story is the heart of a good writing. It's all about inspiration and creativity. It's all about dreaming awake.

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      The Life of Book - Philippe Ho, Sr

      THE LIFE OF BOOK

      Philippe Ho

      Copyright 2017 Philippe Ho

      Smashwords Edition

      Cover design: Carolina Flora Diaz

      Cover Photographies from 123rf.com

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This book is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or other unauthorized use of the material or artwork herein is prohibited.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and situations within its pages and places or persons, living or dead, is unintentional and co-incidental.

      In memory of my older sister

      who died tragically on November 2016

      May she rest in peace

      Acknowledgments

      Thanks to my dear friend and colleague writer Luis Del Castillo who encouraged me to keep writing. Having a close friend publishing, definitively gave me the motivation to publish myself.

      Thanks to my friend Carolina Flora Diaz for making the cover image of this book. It was a great experience to work with you. You passed the test.

      Thanks to Annalysse Padrta for editing my book. As this is my first novel and as a French native speaker, I definitively needed a good editor. I really appreciate your involvement, your sensible and moderate approach and your accuracy. I was more than happy with the final result.

      Contents

      1. The Women of his Life

      2. The Man of his Life

      3. Book and PC

      4. Book’s Fall

      5. PC to PC

      6. Book's New Life

      7. Book's Revenge

      8. Life without Book

      9. Vogue Crossing the Line

      10. Vogue's Intimate Diary

      11. Time's Revenge

      12. Vogue and the Prohibited Fruit

      13. Book's New Life Continues

      14. Book's Secretary

      15. Seventeen's Hidden Side

      16. The Mysterious Miss Thalia

      17. Mexican-Style Love

      18. Book's Daughter is Growing Up

      19. Popstar

      20. Time and the Women of his Life

      21. Vogue and the Funny Wise Man

      22. From PC to PC bis

      23. Meeting with a Strange Man

      24. Vogue's Revenge

      25. Coincidence of Destiny

      26. A New Life

      Characters

      27. Additional Stories

      Musical References

      About Philippe Ho

      Other books by Philippe Ho

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      1. The Women of his Life

      This story begins in a Psychologist's office in a big city. So as not to cause jealousy among the millions of readers who will get the opportunity to read this story, this could be any big city in the world. But enough joking, let's start seriously. I say seriously because there is nothing more serious than the psychological problems of our era, The Issue of our century. The story's main character is lying down on the office divan, and ready for the therapy session of the day.

      This is a very particular patient. Not made up of meat and bones, but of pages and pages... of paper. You guessed it!... Yes, I'm talking about a book, with as many psychological problems as sheets of paper. This book is called... Book. Book is a father and a professional. The many aspects of his life worry him a lot, pulled between his personal and professional problems. In his private life he has a complicated personal relationship with his wife, an elegant fashion magazine named Vogue, and with his rebellious teenage daughter Popstar, a pop music magazine. In his professional life he has problems with his bossy boss Time, a news magazine.

      -Let's take care of the problems one by one, as it is easier to deal with them this way, -said the Psychologist.

      -Let's start with your wife.

      The problem Book had with his wife was that she didn't allow him to speak. She talked far too much and in a compulsive manner. This gave Book a hard time. He wrote on his pages all the words he heard in order not to forget them. But he was running out of blank pages and ink to keep writing. In short, his wife tired him. Sometimes, he just wanted to rest and leave pages blank, not writing anything. A few blank pages in the middle of a book wouldn’t hurt anyone. But his wife strongly disagreed. She thought leaving pages blank was a waste. The truth was, Book wanted to write about what made him happy. But having a wife who talked so much didn't leave him with enough time to write about his own thoughts.

      His wife kept telling him that if she were to give him the freedom to write about what he wanted, the pages would be filled with stupidities like football, beer, and naked girls... But Book complained his pages were filled with blame, negative comments, and a list of all the things he promised her he would do, a list left partly unfinished. Over time this forced him to add another problem with a capital P. This specific problem was called Playboy, a porn magazine. When his wife Vogue found out about him cheating on her, she called her a bitch, and said:

      -What kind of pig are you?! Not even our daughter stopped you from crossing the line! What sort of father are you?!

      Herein lies the dilemma. Whose fault was it? For Vogue it was clear; she didn't even bother to ask herself. For Book it was a different story. On one hand he accepted responsibility and felt sorry for what happened with the Playboy. On the other hand he came up with all kinds of excuses to justify his actions and victimize himself. In other words, he didn’t believe it was his fault. There were many factors to take into account to explain why he looked to another woman (magazine) for what he couldn't find in the official magazine (legitimate wife).

      Would this have happened if she had given him the freedom to write in his pages what he wanted, if she had let him be himself? Maybe then nobody would be guilty as nothing would have happened. But this is just a supposition and a personal point of view. Nothing can be taken for granted in love, as love is complicated and misleading. Every story is different, and every couple shares their own... In short, love is complex, and it's better to stay away and mind one’s own business. Especially when someone else (Playboy) already got involved where she shouldn't have. The wise psychologist suggested Book continue couples therapy with a friend who was a specialist. Then he said:

      -Now let's talk about the other woman of your life, your daughter Popstar.

      Book’s teenage daughter had grown up; she was no longer his little princess. She no longer saw him as her hero and the family house as a fairy-tale castle where she would grow up and get married. She thought her dad was boring. She didn’t listen to him and no longer wanted to get married. All she wanted was to travel the world and enjoy love relationships without compromise. She wanted an exciting life, far away from the fairy-tale castle family house. The truth was, Book didn't really understand the new generation. In order to be closer to his daughter he tried to be her friend. He started using the same language as her and her friends and wearing cool and trendy clothes.

      He did this to the extent of completely forgetting his role as a father and authority figure in the family. The reality was he was far too old to pretend to be a friend to his teenage daughter. His personal history and experience had nothing to do with what his daughter was experiencing. They lived in two different worlds. Pretending to be her friend was unnatural and inappropriate. His psychologist suggested he cut a few pages from his book and give them to his daughter for her to write her own story, giving her the freedom to travel the world. The psychologist explained that he needed to understand he was not part of her private universe.

      The world changes so quickly. Trying to close the gap is useless. It would be more useful to lend her a few pages and let her come back when she got lost in the big world. It was easy

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