The Long Journey Home |
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Author:
| Kocur, Robert |
ISBN: | 978-1-4840-9127-2 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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I grow up in a home where verbal, emotional, and psychological abuse are the norm. I live every day in fear, and all the while, unable to free my mother from the hell that is her marriage.I find escape in high school where my father can't find me. I also find a love for casino gambling.On a sunny day in September, a fateful football game ends prematurely."Get up, man. We got the ball.""I can't move."I experience my own horrific adjustment, complete with a body that barely moves, and...
More DescriptionI grow up in a home where verbal, emotional, and psychological abuse are the norm. I live every day in fear, and all the while, unable to free my mother from the hell that is her marriage.I find escape in high school where my father can't find me. I also find a love for casino gambling.On a sunny day in September, a fateful football game ends prematurely."Get up, man. We got the ball.""I can't move."I experience my own horrific adjustment, complete with a body that barely moves, and hallucinations that take over my reality.A month after I leave rehab, Mom dies of a heart attack. I'm suddenly trapped at home with a man I despise.A year later, an angel intercedes on my behalf, and I move 400 miles away to start a new life at a new college.Like a flower in full bloom, I excel academically, athletically, and find a personality I never knew I had. I also discover alcohol.Soon, I become an advocate, a writer, a thespian, a business owner and before long, a husband and the proud papa of a ten-pound dog named Cujo.The Long Journey Home will make you laugh, cry, want to throw things, and ultimately, stand and cheer. It is a story of overcoming abuse, adjustment to a life-altering event, faith in God, and the challenge of forgiveness. Though inspirational, you'll never see this story on the Hallmark channel.