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Reaching Home

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There is power in resilience. I truly enjoyed placing myself in these imagined situations and thinking out how I would react. I have been teaching positive coping and resilience skills to emergency workers who must function under extreme stress along with rapidly evolving situations. It requires constant thinking,rehearsal,training an education in order to develop solid survival skills. Besides being a great story, "Reaching Home" challenges the reader. It can provide solid insight into ones inner constitution and skill set.
A great read!
Joseph K. Loughlin author of "Finding Amy"

Ron Breazeale has created a story that taps the concerns and fears of today...then he show us how to reach deep down inside ourselves and find "Home" that internal reserve where we can face and meet any challenge. Strongly recommend this book. - Rita Schiano, author of "Painting the Invisible Man. Painting the Invisible Man

This book evokes your thoughts on ones personal fears of terrorism and how we all personally and emotionally deal with this prospect. Why are we so attached to this fear? Take a breath and let it go....it exists and except the fear for what it is - fear. What encompasses the power of fear and why and how do we cling onto this notion? "Reaching Home" is a marvelous story, that induces your dearest fear of what would you do and how would you feel in midst of a terrorist plot? Jillianblaze

Born without a left hand, main character Dr. Lee Brazil has never made peace with this fact--nor with the nuclear industry, which he blames for his disability. While conducting research for a book, he attends a meeting held by a group of activists working to shut down a lab incinerator for nuclear waste. When an explosion occurs at the lab, Brazil finds himeself implicated in what is mistakenly seen as a terrorist plot.

Brazil manages to escape local authorities, but he finds himself forced to seek refuge in several unlikely places--and from unlikely allies, including a past lost love. He must use his intelligence and wit to work his way through challenges he faces while solving a mystery and mastering his own psychological quandaries.

This insightful and compelling adventure takes on concerns about terrorism and human rights with sensitivity and humor.

This is a thought-provoking first novel that pulls the reader into its fast-paced narrative. The protagonist, Dr. Lee Brazil, is a fascinating mixture of very human strengths and fears. The author must have dug deeply into his own intimate journey to create the character. It has the unmistakable ring of truth.

The magic of this book is that it conveys its important ideas in such an entertaining way. It looks at the dark side of our nation's response to terrorism and the uplifting story of a man's battle against his own fears. Reaching Home offers keen insights into our current predicament, told through a gripping story written straight from the heart.