When Cohen Marah steps over his father’s body in the basement embalming room of the family’s funeral home, he has no idea that he is stepping into a labyrinth of memory.
Over the next week, Cohen’s childhood comes back in living color. The dramatic events that led to his parents’ separation. The accident Cohen witnessed and the traumatic images he couldn’t unsee. And the two children in the forest who became his friends–and enlisted him in a dark and dangerous undertaking. As the lines blur between what was real and what was imaginary, Cohen is faced with the question he’s been avoiding:
Is he responsible for his father’s death?
Master story weaver Shawn Smucker relays a tale both eerie and enchanting, one that will have you questioning reality and reaching out for what is true, good, and genuine.
TOP FIVE STRANGE-BUT-TRUE THINGS ABOUT ME
By Shawn Smucker
1 – My aunt is Auntie Anne, the founder of the soft pretzel franchise empire.
2 – My family and I once went on a cross-country trip in a big blue bus named Willy and we lost our brakes coming down the Teton Pass, forcing us to use a runaway truck ramp. The stories from our trip were immortalized in a book my wife and I put together called How to Use a Runaway Truck Ramp.
3 – My grandparents were all Amish until they were in their 30s.
4 – I lived in England for four years and loved it.
5 – My wife and I have six children and we are neither Catholic nor Amish.
GIVEAWAY! GIVEAWAY! GIVEAWAY!
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7/17/19
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BONUS Post
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7/17/19
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Excerpt
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7/18/19
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Review
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7/19/19
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Excerpt
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7/20/19
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Review
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7/21/19
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Playlist
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7/22/19
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Review
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7/23/19
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Author Interview
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7/23/19
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BONUS Review
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7/24/19
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Top Five
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7/25/19
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Review
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7/26/19
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Review
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The Page Unbound 