Drake Pearson, a narrow-minded 18-year-old barely enduring Missouri’s heat, is tired of feeling empty. Living conditions are about as cozy as a cardboard box, on account of his alcoholic father who can find nothing better to do than argue relentlessly with him. When Drake thinks he can’t take another blow, he is reminded daily of his mom who vanished twelve years ago. And now there’s a dead body. After a terrible accident turns into a protected secret, a twisted string of events brings Drake miles away from home to an elderly man’s front door. Every promising opportunity also brings new doubts and temptations to run away—this time for good. When the secret he has kept locked away threatens to reveal itself, Drake knows he must shield it with his very life, even if the love he has been shown undeservingly is about to be destroyed.

This is not a book for the faint of heart; it is for those who are so afraid to say what they really mean or want to say. If you are one of those people, by the end of this book, you will be set free. Broken allows you to be you. It allows you to be broken. We are so beautifully and gracefully broken. Connect with yourself and connect with others by seeing the beauty in one another. This book will take you on that journey to discovering yourself and discovering the beauty that lies within you and within others. People have been through so many different things in life, and this book gives you a window into the lives of many, to see how they think and how they respond to life and themselves and one another. This book will invite you to open your mind and experience life as a twig, and learn the joy, pain, and hurt that us twigs go through in life. Allow yourself to be wowed as you, hopefully, will come to know that we are all the same – broken little twigs.

From Afua Hirsch - co-presenter of Samuel L. Jackson's major BBC TV series Enslaved - the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the uncomfortable truth about race and identity in Britain today. You're British. Your parents are British. Your partner, your children and most of your friends are British. So why do people keep asking where you're from? We are a nation in denial about our imperial past and the racism that plagues our present. Brit(ish) is Afua Hirsch's personal and provocative exploration of how this came to be - and an urgent call for change. 'The book for our divided and dangerous times' David Olusoga

This book integrates psychiatry and psychoanalysis to present deeper and sounder clinical profiles of the personality disorders than have been hitherto available.

'If you have lost your identity along life’s journey, know that the steps leading back to destiny’s path are illuminated by the Holy Spirit’s light and love. A Beautiful Kind of Broken addresses the pain caused by abusive churches and misguided ministry communities—an experience many have known but have never dealt with in a healthy-closure way. This book confronts, discusses, and provides healing answers to crucial life issues including: • Identity. • Spiritual abuse. • Rejection. • Forgiveness. Seeking and finding your identity in Christ and welcoming the Holy Spirit as your Divine Counselor is the first step to returning to your God-given destiny of an abundant and joyful life. If you have felt the sting of rejection and spiritual abuse, A Beautiful Kind of Broken provides practical information on healing and total forgiveness. Written for those in leadership, as well as all those who submit to leadership, A Beautiful Kind of Broken brings hope and restoration to people of all walks of life, building a solid foundation for the church and ministry community.'