The Patient Body

The Patient Body: A Personal Narrative in Pieces chronicles one mans journey as he attempts to lead a balanced life as a father, husband, friend, and literary citizen during traumatic times. Written as a mosaic of flash encounters, meditations, memories, and travel pieces, The Patient Body explores the ways the past resides inside the present and the present points to an uncertain future. An abecedary lies at the center of the book, composed for a former self, the twenty-six micro sections create a dialogue that plays out across the divide created by a devastating car accident that changed everything.