The Boy Who Couldn't Die

By Mr. Rick G. Gillis

It all seems humorously idyllic; young boys growing up in the 1950s and 60s in a string of small rural communities in a high mountain pass in Southwestern Alberta. Coal and lumber were king, which meant prosperity and family life flourished. Then there were the boys themselves, particularly young Ricky Callaghan, with a penchant for trouble and often dangerous mischief. The litany of misdeeds is told through Ricky's older sister, Kathryn. But, there's something not quite right about the telling, a strange and disquieting other-worldliness that permeates these anecdotes, surfacing from time to time as a reminder that this story is something more than a sisterly reminiscence. Kathryn's journal, as it turns out, serves to set the stage for a deeper and more troubling story--a story of love, loss, pain and how we as humans deal with the tragedies that can often befall us. The result is a story that will elicit a smile or an open belly-laugh in one moment, then tears the next.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1542773555
• ISBN13: 9781542773553
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.0"