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Normal. A frequently used word, yet a word whose exact meaning is as elusive as the term perversion. What those two words imply seems to vary from nation to nation, from community to community, from person to person.
Among one African tribe it is considered obscene to expose one’s back to others. In many Eskimo communities it is the height of hospitality for a man to offer his wife to a guest.
The characters in the book appear to be average Americans. Yet they behave in ways that many others would consider abnormal.
But who is to say whether these characters are normal or perverse? SHEILA SPREADS WIDE is a novel of major interest to any who hope to find and define their own standards of correct behavior. A story of one woman seeking to resolve conflicts and find happiness.
Sheila followed the porter into the hotel room. She watched him as he set down her baggage on the huge double bed. As soon as he left the room, she removed her clothing and headed for the bathroom. For the next twenty minutes she stood in the shower and let the warm jets of water massage her soft flesh.
After she dried herself, Sheila fell heavily onto the bed. She was completely exhausted. She sighed and stretched. The shower was absolutely divine, she told herself. Just what she needed. After all, it had been quite a trip. Six hundred miles in less than ten hours. And it was not quite over. There was still another hundred miles to go. Her sister lived in Las Vegas. Oh well, she thought. There’s really no hurry. Linda isn’t expecting me till Saturday. That’s three days from now. I’ll get plenty of rest today, spend the night, and head for Las Vegas some time tomorrow night.
What I need now, she thought, is a good, stiff drink. There was a cocktail lounge on the ground floor of the hotel. And a restaurant. Sheila decided to have one or two drinks and a good meal. Then she could sack out for the rest of the day.
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Note: This story is the same as catalog number EL-2014 in the original publications (a duplicate).