Softbelly

Softbelly is a genre-bender that is at once an adventure, a medical mystery, a romance, and a coming-of-age tale.

Set amid a backdrop of the 2008 bank bailout and Presidential election, current events are intertwined with a young man's inner transformation. After all, part of growing up is sorting truth from lies.

But there's more to the story. So many stressors, yet so few tools to be able to deal with them. From a rocky childhood to separation anxiety from a twin to following what one wants despite the status quo — the protagonist is reacting against all that he thought made him who he was. The journey quickens, and destruction is imminent and necessary for a new life to begin.

Ultimately a story of hope and healing, Softbelly is an intriguing book that will have you asking questions about why bad things happen to good people. In the end, we may never know why, but we can develop faith that the universe tends to unfold as it should. And in the unfolding, beautiful stories are made and told, and this is one of them.