This is a novel about a young man coming of age in an isolated-rural area of East Texas. He grew up, went to college, to the military, to graduate school, and then moved to a South Suburb of Chicago. He grew up doing farm chores from sunup to sunset. There was little time for social or recreational pursuits. He was however able to finish his high school education and go on to college. Because his father retired when he was sixteen, he was lucky enough...