Penney's Beach

R.J. Meyer

Description

Penney’s Beach is a unique coming of age story—about a young girl born and raised in a California beach town, in 1977. Her hippie mother acquires a bar with an eclectic clientele—several becoming Penney's mentors as she evolves from childhood to womanhood. What sets Penney’s Beach apart is both its honesty and humanness, and its truths and insights into many aspects of life—and the complex world in which we must navigate. It aims to be a gift to generations past, present, and future. With determination and love, the author shines a light on the world at large, and celebrates the mysteries of life. Many who have read Penney's Beach believe it should be made into a television series similar to CHEERS.

Sujets

• Women
• Coming of Age
• Religión
• Metaphysical
• Woman
• Spirituality
• The Women
• Religion
• History
• Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: Balboa Press
• Date de parution: 15 février 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798765231586
• Langue: English

Extrait

ENDORSEMENTS
“The thing that impresses me most about Penney’s Beach is how Meyer weaves profound spiritual philosophy into the fabric of everyday thoughts and acts that viscerally mortal humans like us can relat e to.”
-Dr. Barbara E. Fields Executive Director, Association for Global New Thought
“R.J. Meyer’s Penney’s Beach is a novel that brings together politics, sex and religion in an original way to teach us how to think ethically about all t hree.”
-Rabbi Michael Lerner, author of the 2006 New York Times Bestseller “The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right” Editor, Tikkun Magazine, Berkeley, CA
“What a brilliant idea to have this inquisitive girl interface with a cast of characters to expose truth and relevance of our society’s honest to pics.”
-David Bishop, Huntington Beach, CA, Founder and President of Pathways to Independence (Mentors for Young Women in Need), retired School Principal and Assistant Superintendent, Los Alamitos Unified School District
“Rich Meyer is a good friend, a generous philanthropist, an evolved spiritual person and a wise humanitarian who has experienced much in his life. He is one of my favorite people in the world to brainstorm complex issues of the world around us including the issues surrounding sex, religion and politics– subjects we were conditioned to be t aboo.
How many young teenage women would love and benefit from this importance guidance as they navigate through a tough world of materialism, power, sex, politics and religion? I believe this book is invaluable to the mothers and single fathers who are rearing teenage girls and gives them some tools to discuss these issues with an honest, open and a caring attitude void of judgement and ta boos.
It is my guess that the lessons Penney learns from the Niners will help her be a better more informed adult. It will help her choose a career that will impact many more teenagers, help the world to make healthier choices, and thus create a better society–like Oprah Winfrey, a Marianne Williamson, Maya Angelou, Marian Wright Edelman. Go Penney and change the w orld!”
-Azim Khamisa Author of Azim’s Bardo-From Murder To Forgiveness – A Father’s Journey; From Forgiveness to Fulfillment; From Fulfillment to Peace; hosted by President Clinton, Pope John Paul and His Holiness Dalai Lama; featured in Oprah Magazine; inspirational Speaker to over 1,000,000 kids.
“I very much enjoyed all of the history in this book. I love your Grammy’s insight into manners. It was a delight to take a trip in my mind back to Newport Beach–so eloquently written about in your book. I thought the way you created the characters and the setting was brilliant, as well as your ability to weave in so many topics in high impact chapters. I also really enjoyed the concise history of various religions and loved the information-packed history lesson of taxation told in a fun and interesting mini-story. Harvey was a great storyte ller!”
-Janet Larson, MS, Author of My Diary Unlocked; Stories Of Teenage Girls Heal The Inner Adolescent Of Our Soul
Penney’s BEACH
 
 
 
 
R. J. MEYER
 
 
 
 

 
 
Copyright © 2023 R. J. Meyer.
 
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ISBN: 979-8-7652-3159-3 (sc)
ISBN: 979-8-7652-3160-9 (hc)
ISBN: 979-8-7652-3158-6 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2022913217
 
Balboa Press rev. date: 02/13/2023
 
 
 
 
This book is dedicated to my favorite AVATARS
Lynne Twist
Bill Twist
Azim Khamisa
CONTENTS
Ode To Millennials-Gen Z
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Meet Elaine
Chapter 1: Florence and Little Penney
Chapter 2: Homecoming
Chapter 3: Penney’s Early Years
Chapter 4: On Location
Chapter 5: Baseball and Honoring Our Teachers
Chapter 6: Penney’s School Play
Chapter 7: X-Ray
Chapter 8: Worshipping the Sun
Chapter 9: Mandy
Chapter 10: Florence
Chapter 11: The Fifties
Chapter 12: Reverend Theresa
Chapter 13: The Fifties’ Encore
Chapter 14: Professor H
Chapter 15: Ms. Penney Goes to Washington … Kinda
Chapter 16: The Last Free Lunch
Chapter 17: Carly
Chapter 18: The Fifties Again … and Sex
Chapter 19: Sex Is Love in Action
Chapter 20: Women Warriors of Watergate
Chapter 21: Thanksgiving with Gus
Chapter 22: Dress Rehearsal
Chapter 23: Penney Comes of Age
Chapter 24: A Spiritual Checkup
Chapter 25: A Lesson before Learning
Chapter 26: Professor H and His Puzzles
Chapter 27: Sam and the Ladies
Chapter 28: A Stormy Night
Chapter 29: Advice from a Friend
Chapter 30: Florence and Penney
Chapter 31: X-Ray Bon Voyage
Chapter 32: Liftoff
About the Author
About Janet Dowin
ODE TO MILLENNIALS-GEN Z
This generation has a rendezvous with destiny,” said President Franklin Roosevelt, referring to the generation that evolved from the Great Depression of the 1930s into World War II; and which Tom Brokaw referred to as “The Greatest Generation.”
The Millennials-Gen Z also have a rendezvous with destiny. They will inherit a bankrupt country along with a bankrupt world. Will they become “The Greatest Generation 2.0”?
Our children are our elders in universe time, said Buckminster Fuller, and it can be difficult for my generation to accept this.
The older generation typically wishes that the newer generation would “do it” their way. When I was young, parents would ask that we kids write to them while we kids preferred to use the telephone. Today, my generation can’t understand why Millennials-Gen Zs can’t pick up the phone.
Yet, there are so many similarities between the Greatest Generation and the Millennials-Gen Z. In the 30s incomes were very low, and unemployment was 25 percent. For Millennials-Gen Z, incomes are very low and underemployment, by some accounts, approaches 25 percent. The Greatest Generation faced a world at war; and, survival of our society was in question. They accepted their “rendezvous” with a genuine sense of duty. They accepted many burdens gracefully.
The Millennials-Gen Z now face a world at war of a different setting. They accept an economy that is on a course of bankruptcy, not only in the United States but worldwide. They accept the sickness of school loans that were designed to perpetuate poverty. They accept a medical insurance system that charges young people much higher rates to the benefit of the older generation. They accept the call of duty created by global warming along with a sickened tax structure that perpetuates Greed, with a capital G.
Yet so many of our youth are excited to be a part of life! Do they know something that we older folks missed?
I often hear, “You’re the generation that created this mess, now you’re going to tell us how we should fix it?” Then I have heard, “Don’t worry, we’ll deal with it,” politely telling us to get out of the way. They are a polite and kind generation, at times maybe too kind and polite. Yet, they are absent of resentment while the mature portion of our society resents almost everything.
So, they do hear the call of duty—their rendezvous with destiny. My bet is that they will become “The Greatest Generation 2.0”!
R. J. Meyer
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am very grateful to friends and associates who have taken the time and effort to review all or portions of this novel. Their comm ents, suggestions, and encouragement has been uplifting and very hel pful.
They are listed alphabetically by first name:
Angel Lax
Angelini Hsu
Ash Rinae
Autumn
Azim Khamisa
Dr. Barbara E. Fields
Bill Twist
Bob Reordan
Dr. Brooks Morgan
Daniel Ellsberg
Dave & Georgina Takemoto
David Bishop
Diane Cirstea, MFC
Don Long
Elaine Tedesco
Dr. Elizabeth Miller
Farzad Shokrollahi
Janet Dowin
Janet Larson, MS
Jennifer Smith
Juliana Lembeck
Kent Trollen
Leilani Reyes
Lynne Twist
Maureen Belden
Rabbi Michael Lerner
Michael Nagler
Patricia Clark
Patricia Ellsberg
Phil Cousineau
Robin Miller
Tiffany Ballard
Tiffany O’Neil
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