Resilience

By Bradley Herchelroath

While vacationing in Thailand for Christmas, Brayden feels most thankful. He has his family, his boyfriend, his happiness... until the day the tsunami struck. In an instant, his world is shattered, leaving him in unbearable emotional pain. Upon his return to the US, he struggles to adapt to living with relatives, away from the reminders of home. Finally cracking under his own misery, he decides to take his own life.Max, having lost his life-partners to cancer, struggles to maintain his own mental health. As a teenager, his stepfather poured fuel on him and set him on fire, leaving him physical and emotionally scarred for lie. Regardless of his therapist's advice, he is reminded of his tragedy whenever he looks in the mirror. He too feels desperate enough to give up. So, he goes for a runBy chance, these two broken souls meet on the Golden Gate Bridge. Together, they realize they aren't alone in their misery. Despite what has happened to them, there is this stranger in front of them, symbolically holding their hand out for help.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08ZW55V63
• ISBN13: 9798726808802
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"