"Naked into the Night" synopsis, a novel by Monty Joynes

"naked into the night" synopsis

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Winn Conover has achieved the American material dream, but something deep inside is missing. In a desperate attempt to overcome the moral bankruptcy of his age, he walks out of his Virginia suburban home one night naked, literally stripped of his old identity. He takes no wallet, money or credit cards nor does he leave a note. His wife and two grown children must then face the chaos of his clueless disappearance.

Conover takes the name “Booker Washington Jones” when he “buys” a social security card. Thus begins a spiritual odyssey that takes him across the country working as a casual laborer, eating and sleeping in truck stops, sharing his wisdom with his new friends. In Santa Fe, living among the Pueblo Indians, he becomes “Anglo Who Became Chief Old Woman’s Son." With a new spiritual identity, Winn/Booker returns to Norfolk to face his angry family in an attempt to heal all animosities.

NAKED INTO THE NIGHT reveals the struggle of an affluent middle-aged man to find that sacred self within and, more importantly, to retain it amidst everyday chaos. Winn’s life as “Anglo” among the Pueblo tribe allows the reader to be a vicarious visitor to the beauties of the Southwest desert of New Mexico while gaining knowledge of Native American metaphysics and spiritual truths.

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