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The story delves into the disheartened life of a woman trapped between a mid-life crisis and the affliction of an unfulfilling sexless marriage. Vera is compelled to escape her repressive existence after an explosive argument with her husband, Sidney.

She reflects on her life and decides to unleash her true self, taking her niece’s husband, Boris, as her lover. As relationships begin to crumble around her, Vera is surprisingly struck by the realization that she has unfairly misjudged Sidney – in truth he is the despicable wretch and sexual failure she loves to hate. Together, they unexpectedly manage to work out a loving reconciliation making Getting Enough an irresistible read that leaves a melodramatic impression.  

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Review

"Leonard Rosmarin's novel Getting Enough is a work of genius. The characters fairly jump off the page, they are so full of energy and life. Even the cover design imaginatively conveys the theme of repressed energy and stifled desire attempting to break out of the box of convention and hypocrisy. The work, coarse in language conveying a society that is struggling to find values and meaning, succeeds in resolving conflict through an ending that is at once realistic and uplifting. The author is to be commended for his great artistic talent and gifted imagination."

Professor Paul Socken University of Waterloo

"Getting Enough is an entertaining read as it leads you through the hidden feelings of a family.   A surprising and humorous book!"

Bob & Susie Davis

"My first impression of Getting enough by Leonard Rosmarin is of a splendid, fluid, rather classical style. The story implies some crude words, and the author uses them boldly wherever necessary.

Each novel is unique, and this one maybe more than others: despite the theme it is more psychological than erotic. The narrator describes a total immersion in a world of love and lust. He describes the feelings and inner thoughts of many characters, most of them part of the Jewish family of Vera and Sidney, a middle-aged couple on the verge of implosion, apparently beyond reconciliation.

The evolution of relationships is brilliantly built, each action or decision being described by the monologue or reflexions of the character. The narrator remains heterodiegetic but knows how to integrate the personalities and various points of view like in a well built screenplay."

Michel Goeldlin
 

Article on Getting Enough, written by Journalist, Julia Le, with the Mississauga News

About the Author

Leonard Rosmarin was a university professor for over forty years. He published nine books on various aspects of French literature, presented hundreds of papers at learned conferences and has written many articles.  The French Government has also decorated him twice for exceptional service in the cause of French letters. He feels as though he’s been writing all his life and writes fiction to see more clearly into himself and the human condition. The inspiration for this book comes from his fascination with the extended Jewish family he grew up in.

Even though Leonard is currently retired, he has recently published two scholarly works and has translated one of the finest plays to come out of France in the past 50 years. He pays tribute to his wife of 44 years, Beatrice, who has kept him on an even keel. He and his family lived in St. Catharines, Ontario for over forty years and presently reside in Mississauga, Ontario.