Coward's Progress

This is the story of a coward. His cowardice grew from events in earliest childhood and from his reaction to those events. He functioned by concealment and compensation—compensation through doing well in the things that adult society valued, concealment by hedging, glossing and exaggerating. When concealment played out, his mind was faced with the ultimate avoidance—self-destruction. Somehow, he faced and overcame this, and started the long climb to self-realization and a productive life. But though he reached this plateau professionally, something was left behind—his sexuality. He is confronting this when the book ends. He has determined to marry, but has done so in a state of panic, knowing that he has a whole other mountain to overcome.Barrett, St. John is the author of 'Coward's Progress ', published 2006 under ISBN 9781424155118 and ISBN 1424155118.