| “As I held her, a single tear traveled slowly down her cheek, mirroring the depth of emotion we had just shared on this rainy, autumn night in the mountains of east Tennessee. I thought back to all that had happened in the last five days, and how quickly life can change. There have been times in my life when things have happened to me and, most of the time, I didn’t know why, but this time I understood everything perfectly. At any other point in my life, I would have told you that things like this didn’t matter to me. That just about everything else was more important and more deserving of my time. I see now how wrong I was…and how close I came to missing my chance to figure that out. But let me take you back to the beginning. I need to explain a few things.” Thus begins the story of five days in the life of Carter Lee, a work-consumed corporate executive who has no life other than his job. He becomes privy to the private journals of his dying grandfather and uncovers a past that binds their lives together in an unexpected way. Those five days help to fulfill the need of Carter’s grandfather to have someone he loved—but never got to know—understand who he was and become his only confidant to a vital part of his history. Through the writings and shared experiences they are able to gain closure on the relationship they never had, and Carter finally allows himself to become the man he always wanted to be—a private failure he struggled with all of his life despite his career success. This simple, poignant story touches on the hopes that make us all unique and the heartaches that make us all human. White Elk Press is an imprint of Aspen Mountain Publishing, a small independent publisher located in Sugar Hill, Georgia. |
| Paperback $11.95 0-9777237-2-0 |
| Hardcover $21.95 0-9777237-1-2 |
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