The Eighth Page

by Craig Lounsbrough

Overview

The story finds David as an astute, intelligent and well-groomed business man in his late 50's. While his upbringing was extraordinarily difficult due to the death of his father when David was eight, a hardworking mother of faith and a wise aunt groomed by her own hardships shape David into a young man of robust vision and deep determination, all of which is undergirded by a spirited faith. He emerges in his late teens seeing the world as bristling with opportunity and brimming with hope.

However, the road of life takes a devastating turn. Well into thirteen years of marriage and with two endearing children, David sees his life as being the picture of everything he had ever dreamt of. Yet, entirely unbeknownst to him, his wife has been engaged in a prolonged and illicit affair. Through lies, deceit and devious trickery, she quietly stages a divorce designed to destroy him, wreck his career, and rob him of his children. The results are nothing short of catastrophic.

David's world implodes. His belief in hope, in faith, and in other people is smashed, leaving him unable to live anything but a toxically jaded life. As opposed to his younger self, he now views life as a cruel joke played on naive people who create myths around hope and faith because they don't exist in the real world. David compensates for his pain by constructing a stellar career. Yet, it is a band aid and nothing of a cure. Actually hoping for a cure was to 'hope', and hope was infinitely too risky. So he didn't.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161830741
Publisher:	Beacon Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/26/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	730 KB

About the Author

Craig’s background includes over twenty-eight years of experience as a counselor in a variety of treatment settings including psychiatric hospitals, schools for the blind, organizations for the physically handicapped, churches and outpatient settings. Craig also possesses ten years of experience in pastoral ministry. He spent two years broadcasting in Christian radio and has published both nationally and internationally.

To date, he has published five books and has had a large number of other works published in a wide variety of magazines. Craig founded an outpatient practice that provides counseling, coaching and consulting services to individuals, marriages, families, various businesses as well as church and ministry organizations. Additionally, he has developed an extensive Social Media arm that reaches 300,000 individuals each month with a wide variety of quotes, articles, blogs and videos.

Craig is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Colorado, a Certified Professional Life Coach, and an Ordained Minister. He is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors. Finally, Craig completed the coursework toward a Doctor of Ministry degree in Marriage and Family Counseling at Denver Seminary.