When New York psychiatrist Mark Leibovitz receives an urgent request from his former patient, Lomax Connors, he is perplexed and disturbed. Lomax is in Louisiana receiving radiation therapy and fighting a losing battle against lung cancer. Now he is asking Mark to come there. Mark agonizes before accepting the assignment. From that point on, he is thrown into a race-against-death challenge to help Lomax resolve two torturing issues in his life: one, a personal tragedy, and the other involving the death of Hank Williams, the legendary country singer. Ironically, Mark has struggled with similar issues in his own life, and this unorthodox therapeutic venture becomes a healing experience for himself as well as his patient. ...
When New York psychiatrist Mark Leibovitz receives an urgent request from his former patient, Lomax Connors, he is perplexed and disturbed. Lomax is in Louisiana receiving radiation therapy and fighting a losing battle against lung cancer. Now he is asking Mark to come there. Mark agonizes before accepting the assignment. From that point on, he is thrown into a race-against-death challenge to help Lomax resolve two torturing issues in his life: one, a personal tragedy, and the other involving the death of Hank Williams, the legendary country singer. Ironically, Mark has struggled with similar issues in his own life, and this unorthodox therapeutic venture becomes a healing experience for himself as well as his patient.
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Meet the Author
A psychiatrist turned writer? Well...no Pulitzer yet, but in my latter years of practice, I found time between grandchildren and other welcome diversions to crank up the computer. I must admit that motivation to plunk the keys came partly from stark reminders of my mortality: cancer treatment and by-pass surgery, to be specific. My first book, "Re-Souled," grew out of a desire to share the changes wrought in myself by treating alcoholics and seeing their transformation through the 12-step program. I, in turn, was transformed. The process of writing that book led me to use the passion I felt for certain subjects as the starting point for more books. First, I wrote two novels, "The Bossuet Conspiracy," and "Scherib," both with threads from the life of Thomas Merton, the famous Trappist monk and author. My next endeavor, "Not Helpless-The Street Homeless and Their Helpers," returned to non-fiction, as I chronicled the lives of some of the street homeless in my hometown that I had experienced first-hand as a volunteer for ten years. I now have finished my third novel, "Where Snow Has Lain," based partly on the life and death of a close friend. It is a tale of suspense and redemption. I don't know what comes after this...yet. My writers' group will challenge and inspire me, I'm sure.
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When New York psychiatrist Mark Leibovitz receives an urgent request from his former patient, Lomax Connors, he is perplexed and disturbed. Lomax is in Louisiana receiving radiation therapy and fighting a losing battle against lung cancer. Now he is asking Mark to come there. Mark agonizes before accepting the assignment. From that point on, he is thrown into a race-against-death challenge to help Lomax resolve two torturing issues in his life: one, a personal tragedy, and the other involving the death of Hank Williams, the legendary country singer. Ironically, Mark has struggled with similar issues in his own life, and this unorthodox therapeutic venture becomes a healing experience for himself as well as his patient. ...