Lee Merrill Byrd's first full-length novel is a product of personal experience. Riley came to the burn institute with third-degree burns on over 63 percent of his body. Through his painful and slow recovery, Riley learns that life is still possible behind a mask and destiny is impossible to escape. "Against this backdrop of fear and pain, Byrd forges a riveting story that, in the end, is astonishingly uplifting." -People Magazine
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" Not as uplifting as I had hoped. Strange ending, kind of abrupt after the detailed build up. Shows the turmoil of the parents involved in a tragedy of a child. "
— Kimberly, 2/7/2013" Not as uplifting as I had hoped. Strange ending, kind of abrupt after the detailed build up. Shows the turmoil of the parents involved in a tragedy of a child. "
— Kimberly, 4/14/2009Cynthia Darlow’s unusual voice makes her devotion to the spoken arts a natural fit. As a narrator and veteran of Broadway, off-Broadway, regional theater, film, and television, her characterizations and facility with dialects are unforgettable. Her audiobook narrations have earned her seven AudioFile Earphones Awards. She is a member of The Actors Company Theatre (TACT), whose mission it is to present concert performances of long-neglected, language-driven plays.