The Skeleton Code is a satirical and humorous look at the many ways we protect our public personas by closeting our personal secrets, an ultimately self-deluding way of life. As a parody of the self-help “success” genre, the book presents facetious strategies about how to cover up our silly and scandalous secrets before turning to The Skeleton Cure.
Book Details:
Book Title: The Skeleton Code: A Satirical Guide to Secret Keeping
Authors: Ken Massey & Alla Campanella
Category: Adult Non-Fiction, 205 pages
Genre: Self-Help, Satire
Publisher: Morgan James
Release date: November 2016
Format available for review: print (USA only)
Tour dates: Jan 9 to 27, 2016
Content Rating: G
Book Description:
Skeletons. We all have them hidden away, usually in an overcrowded and unsecure closet where they are likely to rattle loose. As prisoners, their prime directive is to break their shackles and haunt our happiness.
Alla Campanella and Ken Massey have discovered and interviewed many of these free and feral skeletons and the people who didn’t guard them well. Their true stories and raw realities are found in these pages. You will laugh at many, cringe at some, be in awe of others, disbelieve a few, and be challenged by all.
The Skeleton Code is a satirical and humorous look at the many ways we protect our public personas by closeting our personal secrets. The satire helps us wade into the dark and difficult waters of that famous river called Denial.
You can use the facetious strategies of The Code to maximize a self-deluding way of life, but Alla and Ken hope you will look into this mirror and discover The Skeleton Cure, which is a life of deeper self-honesty and transparency.
Buy the Book: Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble
Ken Massey talking about The Skeleton Code to WTVR CBS 6 News. This is a great interview summarizing the book well.
Book Title: The Skeleton Code: A Satirical Guide to Secret Keeping
Authors: Ken Massey & Alla Campanella
Category: Adult Non-Fiction, 205 pages
Genre: Self-Help, Satire
Publisher: Morgan James
Release date: November 2016
Format available for review: print (USA only)
Tour dates: Jan 9 to 27, 2016
Content Rating: G
Book Description:
Skeletons. We all have them hidden away, usually in an overcrowded and unsecure closet where they are likely to rattle loose. As prisoners, their prime directive is to break their shackles and haunt our happiness.
Alla Campanella and Ken Massey have discovered and interviewed many of these free and feral skeletons and the people who didn’t guard them well. Their true stories and raw realities are found in these pages. You will laugh at many, cringe at some, be in awe of others, disbelieve a few, and be challenged by all.
The Skeleton Code is a satirical and humorous look at the many ways we protect our public personas by closeting our personal secrets. The satire helps us wade into the dark and difficult waters of that famous river called Denial.
You can use the facetious strategies of The Code to maximize a self-deluding way of life, but Alla and Ken hope you will look into this mirror and discover The Skeleton Cure, which is a life of deeper self-honesty and transparency.
Buy the Book: Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble
Ken Massey talking about The Skeleton Code to WTVR CBS 6 News. This is a great interview summarizing the book well.
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Meet the authors:
Ken Massey is a public speaker, author, humorist and minister enjoying the second and truer half of life. He holds two graduate theological degrees and is trained as a life coach, conflict manager and transition specialist. He enjoys golf, and traveling, but finds his greatest fulfillment helping other people discover their true worth as human beings. Ken, a native Texan, loves the beauty and the people of North Carolina, where he and Alla reside.
Alla Campanella, after traveling throughout the world, has lived in the US since 1992. A longtime student of the arts and humanities, she enjoys her work as an artist and photographer. Alla was inspired to write this book because she heard so many personal and painful secrets from her clients about their failures and foibles and wanted them to face these realities rather than hide from them.
Connect with them: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook
My Review
I personally greatly enjoyed reading The Skeleton Code: A Satirical Guide to Secret Keeping by Ken Massey & Alla Campanella. I found many of the stories to be downright amusing while others were a bit creepy. I never really gave much thought to the types of secrets people could have or the ways in which they could truly affect or change someone. As a psychology student I found the subject to be so interesting that I am considering doing further research into the topic as my potential final paper for my psychology senior seminar class.
The Skeleton Code: A Satirical Guide to Secret Keeping by Ken Massey & Alla Campanella was not just interesting, but also well written. The style of writing employed by Ken Massey & Alla Campanella was perfectly chosen for the maximum effect on the audience.
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