Epiphany of Gray

By Scott Christie

In all sincerity, the book does not propel any of these. The book most closely parallels the 1984 Academy Award Winning-movie, Terms of Endearment. It talks about love, hate, humor, and even life and death on its own terms. I have tested the book on several different audiences. The first was an Illinois State University student who told me it must have taken me years to write it. I did not tell her that I wrote it in four months.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 14, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543444247

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Epiphany of Gray

Scott Christie

Copyright © 2017 by Scott Christie.

ISBN:                    Softcover                          978-1-5434-4425-4

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Rev. date: 04/28/2018

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Contents

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Chapter XIII

Chapter XIV

Chapter XV

Chapter XVI

Chapter XVII

Chapter XVIII

Chapter XIX

Chapter XX

Chapter XXI

Chapter XXII

Chapter XXIII

Dear Reader,

My manuscript voices not only the resonance of the heart but most vibrantly that of the soul. At the age of ten, I began reading every classic I could get my hands on, from Joyce to Hemmingway, from Tolstoy to Upton Sinclair (my own favorite To Kill a Mocking Bird)

In all sincerity, the book does not propel any of these. The book most closely parallels the 1984 Academy Award Winning movie, Terms of Endearment, Love, Hate, Humor and even Life and Death on its own terms. I have tested the book on several different audiences. The first was an Illinois State University student who told me it must have taken me years to write it. I did not tell her that I wrote it in four months.

The second was a girl who I befriended and I heard her friends that she couldn’t put my book down. The next two guys were regular book readers and one purchaser of books. The first group was three medical doctors who believe the book will be a best seller if I can get a publisher.

And finally, a friend who is an MSW thought that my was or is the best thing she ever read. The novel is short. No one knows more than the fact that you receive hundreds of manuscripts in a year. The book has brevity, which I hope will encourage you to read it. Even if you decline to publish it, I do hope it brings you the joy it has brought others.

Author.

Scott B. Christie

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Chapter I

Thunderous roars vibrated through the walls of the dimly lit waiting room. Rain had hailed down through the Seattle skies for eleven continuous days through the city limits. The thunderous echoes were so eerie seeming to imitate the screams of Hades itself.

Inside, the tension among the five patients was so unnerving that all five patients were a heartbeat away from cardiac arrest. Each individual’s anxieties, tales told, originated from many different walks of life. All very different yet all the same. Michael a tough Chicago cop, David an affable fireman, Alyssa a discounted war veteran, Maria an extremely controversial and dedicated school teacher, and Kharisma the most dedicated of dedicated doctors of Oncology sat silently before their day of reckoning fell down upon them all.

This location was a secondary and hopefully a final placement for the group (as we shall call them). Each patient had been released from their primary institutionalized care involving one-to-one individualized therapy. The therapy at Seattle Judaic will consist solely of group intervention among the aforementioned five.

A man recognized as Dr. Ira Nathanson entered the narrow doorway. Smiling, he greeted then beckoned all five patients to accompany him. He led all five patients through the dimly lit hallway in a small office. In the office, six chairs had already been present in a round pattern.

Alyssa and David, maybe more observant than the rest, peered down the hallway, noticing at once all the dark gray colors.

David spoke, "What is it with all the gray? I thought that bright colors were more therapeutic and spiritually uplifting. Didn’t anyone notice? Most