Fiction:
Eddie’s Boy by Robert Schwab
On April 30, 2007, Dr. Landon Ratliff, exhausted from his 40th birthday celebration and long hours at the hospital, runs a red light at an intersection in Charleston, South Carolina and collides with a truck. That one fateful moment will change his life in numerous ways; robbing him of his professional identity, work ethic and emotionally guarded personal life. His hospitalization and forced “slow down,” due to his head injury, contribute to a kind of midlife crisis. Landon’s injuries thrust his new girlfriend, Luna Quinn, into the role of reluctant caregiver, accelerating their relationship in unnatural ways. As he faces his relationship with his father, a veteran who has turned to alcohol to deal with his PTSD, he slowly begins to heal not just his body, but the relationships with his family he never thought possible.
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