Philadelphia Oddities: The Shaft (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

In 1986 the East Falls Housing Projects crack epidemic was astronomical. The rape/ murder rate of little girls was such a travesty, to this day on "our side" of reality, it remains a black spot in Philadelphias history. Back In 1986, a call to 911 from out of that place would rarely be responded to by the cops. One prepubescent girl who was murdered received an unexpected yet extremely relevant blessing or curse (that is depending on how you view "The Glass", as half full or half empty), after being pushed down their Projects empty elevator shaft to her death. The worst part about her demise was the fact that the hands that sent her cascading belonged to her own father. Even in death Shaneequa suffered. It was her soul that could not let her rest until she had the chance to confront the man who ended her short life so soon. Since she was not able to venture outside of Pennsylvania, after 30 years had passed and her violent streak she inharited from her father had been festerring inside her she would get her chance. Several outside forces had drawn the now "millionaire" Television-Evagelist back to a place he had consciously stayed away from for almost 30 years, Philadelphia. Ambitious "on-air" reporter Elly Haddler needed a major event to uncover, a career defning story to break. And in Pastor Paul Redrum she had found it. This would be her second shot at the Pastor, she botched the first one a few years back. She was not going to let it happen again, he was a fake and she could just smell the deception radiating from out of him as he recited his 1-900 prophecy number on late night T.V. at 23.99 per minute. She also needed to prove to her bosses at her news station that she was more than a mire "Fluff" reporter and that she could handle the heavy stuff, which they usually gave to a mane to cover. She would come to learn to trust her own intuition more through trial and error. These forces that got the reluctant "man of God" to come back to his birthplace where a mystery, but their goal by the end of this odd tale will have you questioning your own idealistic traits and re-thinking everything else about reality as we no it.