Opening the pages of a book opens the pages to life. Something unknown awaits with the turn of each page.
Open The Door and see. Occasionally, every twelve year old boy needs to be rescued from his mother. Chet Baron lives with his widowed mother who has a bipolar disorder complicated by epilepsy. Life for Chet proves difficult to navigate. The early stages of puberty drive him to question his own mental health. Raw hormones bring him to laughter one moment and tears the next. This normal phenomenon leads Chet to believe his thinking parallels his mother’s condition.

Chet’s greatest fear lies in the basement, his favorite sanctuary. A locked door to a room that he has no memory of ever entering grips his psyche. Paralysis describes his physical condition when he wishes to unlock whatever awaits him on the other side. Mysteries, myths, and gossip form a large part of Chet’s personal history. One summer day, his emotions run rampant when his mother has a seizure. Chet’s body, mind, and soul melt down to the kitchen floor. A single phone call renders the custody of Chet to a little known grandfather. Both boy and grandfather are forced to find ways to survive each other’s company and to unravel Chet’s greatest fear.