Shifting Sands: His Hell. Her Prison. - Couverture souple

Henderson, M Todd

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1462015190 ISBN 13 : 9781462015191

Editeur : iUniverse, 2011

Synopsis

New novella-Shifting Sands: His Hell. Her Prison. -is a cross between the inimitable characters and crisp reality of the mental ward in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and the eerie battle between good and evil in The Shining.

Fresh new author M. Todd Henderson gives us a page-turning story of the up and down life journey of a mentally ill husband and father, Scott Walters, who is caught in a tug of war between God and the Devil, counseled by a dead girl who claims to be his guardian angel, fights dependence on alcohol, and seeks dramatic medical alternatives in a desperate effort to bring some degree of normalcy to his life with his wife and two sons.

Scott's story of hope and despair continues in upcoming novel Sea Oats.

With the purchase of each book, the author is donating 10% of profits to the National Alliance on Mental Health. NAMI is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

The following is a personal message from the author, M. Todd Henderson. "It was June 2003 when I was first diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder which, no doubt, had gone undiagnosed for my entire life. My childhood, 20s, 30s, and 40s were sprinkled with bipolar symptoms including extreme anxiety attacks. The first episode was my headlining role as a pancake in the kindergarten play. I believe I shook like a leaf, knocked the syrup down, and then flopped on top of the fork while attempting to righten the syrup. After that its a bit of a blur. Something about the fork wetting his pants. Anxiety showed up at the usual places like exams, first dates, and job interviews. It even sidelined me from a summer of water skiing - all out of fear that the Great White from the movie Jaws had made its way 1,500 miles inland. It would have been okay if all I had to deal with was sharks and exams and plays. Unfortunately my symptoms also included severe depression. Depression is extended periods of time inside a six foot cube with no stimulus. No light sneaking in through my lids. No sound other than shallow, rushed breaths. No breeze touching my face. Alone. But depression is just as much about fullness as it is about emptiness. I struggle with a simultaneous overload of negativity that reaches deep in my soul to drag out any signs of hope and love. All at once Im inundated with challenges as small as an ant and as big as an elephant, anger for whats happened and about to happen, sorrow for those Ive lost some in the most tragic of ways and the jarring loss of who I thought I was. The loss of being the go-to-marketing-guy at work, the loving husband, the fun dad, the brave youth hockey coach, and the bread winner essentially the loss of who I was for forty-plus years. The last few years my family and I have had to rewrite our roles, goals and expectations.

Présentation de l'éditeur

New novella-Shifting Sands: His Hell. Her Prison. -is the ultimate battle between good and evil that shakes a man and his family to the core. Their journey takes them to the edge of despair, but ultimately ends in enlightenment and hope. The book is a cross between the inimitable characters and crisp reality of the mental ward in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest and the eerie battle between good and evil in The Shining.

Fresh new author M. Todd Henderson gives us a page-turning story of the up and down life journey of a mentally ill husband and father, Scott Walters, who is caught in a tug of war between God and the Devil, counseled by a dead girl who claims to be his guardian angel, fights dependence on alcohol, and seeks dramatic medical alternatives in a desperate effort to bring some degree of normalcy to his life with his wife and two sons.

Scott’s story of hope and despair continues in upcoming novel Sea Oats.

With the purchase of each book, the author is donating 10% of profits to the National Alliance on Mental Health. NAMI is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness.

For more information about the NAMI donation go to http://www.nami.org/myNAMICause/Personal/shiftingsands

To contact the author, email mthtodd@earthlink.net.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1462015190
• ISBN 13: 9781462015191
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 60
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: KreGa Onlinehandel GmbH; 4950000000000; info@krega-onlinehandel.de; ; Birkenweg 31; Brakel; 33034; Allemagne