Reviews by Extraordinary People

A family already living on the edge of disaster plunges into despair when the father, a Marine Corps captain, returns home from Iraq debilitated by wounds. More devastating damage follows, much of it self-inflicted. Brad Schaeffer's novel recounts the sense of loss, terror and pain through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Wesley, the family's youngest member, who suffers from autism. Schaeffer doesn't avert his gaze from the hurt that members of this wounded family cause each other, yet never loses his compassion for his characters. The result is an intimate and compelling tale of vulnerability, endurance and forgiveness.

Glenn Frankel
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the Washington Post, Washington Post Magazine editor, journalism professor, and author of four books.
A fascinating and touching view of life, seen through the eyes of a very special young man, as told by an author who himself is blessed with a gift for storytelling that brings this wonderful novel to life.

Eric L. Harry
Best-selling author of Arc Light, Invasion and Pandora: Resistance

A fascinating and touching view of life, seen through the eyes of a very special young man, as told by an author who himself is blessed with a gift for storytelling that brings this wonderful novel to life.