Die Don't Die

When a freak accident renders an avid surfer quadriplegic and paralyzed from the neck down, his sister is forced to confront her conflicted feelings of anger, fear, resentment and guilt about her little brother. Against the backdrop of a melodic connection to surfing and the sea, Die Don't Die is a haunting and bittersweet novella about the search for meaning amid paralysis and chaos—an extraordinary expedition into the eccentricities of a godless, quirky and privileged family fueled by hubris and zucchini. Inspired by true events, Die Don't Die takes the reader on an unflinching journey through the deepest layers of the human heart, leading to the triumph of compassion and love over suffering.

When a freak accident renders an avid surfer quadriplegic and paralyzed from the neck down, his sister is forced to confront her conflicted feelings of anger, fear, resentment and guilt about her little brother. Against the backdrop of a melodic connection to surfing and the sea, Die Don't Die is a haunting and bittersweet novella about the search for meaning amid paralysis and chaos—an extraordinary expedition into the eccentricities of a godless, quirky and privileged family fueled by hubris and zucchini. Inspired by true events, Die Don't Die takes the reader on an unflinching journey through the deepest layers of the human heart, leading to the triumph of compassion and love over suffering.

C. Lindsay Newell Young lives and writes in Murrieta, California. She has written several inspirational articles that have been published in the Science of Mind Magazine: The Morning Dove, Song of the Dolphin, and The Giant Dipper. She has also written and illustrated Aukti, a children's picture book; and Surviving Wonderland, a personal memoir. Writing, and expressing herself through watercolor painting, is how Ms. Young creates external forms in order to make visible the unseen, silent passages of the human heart. Die Don't Die is Ms. Young's first novella to be published as an eBook.