Book details

  • Genre:family & relationships
  • Sub-genre:Dysfunctional Families
  • Language:English
  • Pages:292
  • Paperback ISBN:9798317837112

The Weight of Falling

By A.C. Caulfield

Overview

A seemingly happy family falls into chaos and a dysfunctional hellscape after an adult son turns on his mother and father. The plot explores mental illness, and possible drug abuse, as the root of this tragedy. The narrative takes us through family court, criminal court, counseling, and a brief incarceration.
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Description

Joe and Ellen Brody led a charmed life: a secure retirement, a paid for house, two cars, two children, three grandchildren, and family dinners on Sunday afternoons. They had every reason to look forward to a Norman Rockwell old age. Then suddenly things went terribly wrong. One of their sons turned against them. Their lives became a nightmare they never could have imagined. Because of their son, Hunter, their lives became a dysfunctional hell. Was it a result of mental illness? Stockholm Syndrome? Drug abuse? This is their story.
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About The Author

A.C. Caulfield was born and raised in the Bronx and has lived on Long Island for six decades, and with a loving spouse for more than five of those decades. In addition the author has been retired from a thirty -five year career in education. Since retirement the author and spouse have traveled extensively through Europe, the continental U.S., Latin America, Canada, and Alaska enjolying every minute. Even the times they got lost became a memorable adventures Preferred pronoun is "me."
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