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Transcontinental
Transcontinental
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This story takes place
in the innocent insecurity
of pre-9/11 America.

After his alcoholic mother dies, sheltered teenager Leroy Smiley is left reeling… by how little he feels. His numbness comes to an abrupt end, however, when a blurry image of a forgotten family friend forms in his mind. Desperately seizing his unlikely chance to get the one thing he's always wanted, a normal life, Leroy ditches his new foster home to find the caring woman from his past.

With little more than a few hazy memories, though, it'll take more than desperation to find her. He hops a train to Folsom City Prison to learn more from his father, and winds up on a journey that takes him further than he'd ever imagined, as he experiences the harsh indifference of the real world for the first time.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 24, 2014
ISBN9781581243024
Transcontinental
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Brad Cook

Oh, hello. I didn’t see you there. I’m Brad Cook, 27, freelance author/screenwriter based in Florida. Though my degree is in web design, I write. I’ve written spec scripts, original pilots - both comedy and drama, a feature, and even a kid’s show. On the literary side of things, I’ve written one published novel and am currently well into the next one. I was also co-founder and senior editor of We Rate Stuff LLC, where I edited more than 1,000 reviews and wrote over 250 of my own.

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