Things to Do Before I Die

By Morton Chalfy

A PASSIONATE LOVE AFFAIR, A FATHER'S QUEST TO FULFILL HIS DEAD SON'S LAST VISION, AND AN UNFORGETTABLE EVOCATION OF A JOURNEY THROUGH THROUGH THE TIMELESS BACK COUNTRY OF FLORIDA'S HEART The death of his adult son throws Mel Harris into a world of numbed feelings over an ocean of pain. He no longer cares about or for anything. He sells his assets and retires to his house where for the next two years he does nothing but grieve and hurt. When his son's girlfriend engages her aunt to bring him "Robbie's Box" she sets off a chain of events that entangle them all in how they've individually dealt with the grief and the loss.Robbie's last wish, to complete a book about the springs of Florida, is used by Elly (the aunt) to lure Mel out of his despair and back to the land of the living. Their love affair threads through the story which roams the back country rivers and springs of central Florida and revels in the richness of life and peacefulness to be found there.Before this inspirational story ends all three come to terms with their grief and find a way forward through love and the natural world with Robbie's presence a painful but welcome addition to their travels.The author says of "Things to Do Before I Die": "I wrote this book to help myself, which it did, and re-reading it for publication has helped me all over again." Perhaps Mel Harris' quest through the U.S. landscape and what he discovered at its end will help you too.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1697038301
• ISBN13: 9781697038309
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"