The Disappearing Bullet

On July 11 of 2010, author Mary Howard’s only son, twenty-two-year-old Johnny Ross Jr., was the victim of a robbery. A stranger approached him and shot him six times at close range, twice in the face. Somehow, Johnny survived the initial shooting and was transported to a hospital via life flight. In The Disappearing Bullet, Mary shares the family’s story beginning with Johnny’s birth and continuing to the day he was shot and the aftermath. In this memoir, she chronicles his dire medical cir...