VISCOSITY

About the Book

VISCOSITY is the story of a young Southern Appalachian woman who is trying to escape a childhood and youth spent in a primitive family presided over by a ne'er-do- well father. She seeks a name change and insinuates herself into the life of a carpet merchant who marries her.  She gains access to young "society" matrons, one of whom becomes enamored of a televangelist who is trying to reform.  Change, if not reform, is what the book is about:  an attempt to crystallize the flexibility of woman to conquer her environment.

About the Author

Born in Stuttgart, Germany, WERNER WORTSMAN has attended secondary schools in St. Gall, Switzerland, and Atlanta, Georgia. He is a graduate of Emory University. He has served with U. S. Army combat engineers and military intelligence during World War II, worked as a newspaper man in the Atlanta area, and eventually took over operation of a radio station in Dalton, Ga. He has sold his broadcast interests, but still resides there.