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“At the
graveyard I stood between Damion and my father. I longed for my daddy to
put his arm around me and give me some words, some assurance, something
to heal the wound that was cutting through my insides. But he was already
shutting us out, withdrawing into the bitter wasteland where he would roam
in the years to come. Next to me Damion stood in an old black suit, his
face confused, his eyes wandering, as if hoping for someone to explain
what was happening.
As the box holding my mom hung over the hole in the ground a chilly wind
blew through me and I could almost feel my father being sucked away. So
I put my arm around Damion, pulled him close, and said, “Don’t worry,
Damie, I’ll take care of you. It’s gonna be alright. And he turned to
me, a little tear in his eye, and gave me that crooked smile of his… and
just like that our hearts bonded together.”
About Face is an introspective tale of love, hate, and the uncommon,
spirited relationship that envelops the turbulent lives of brothers,
Damion and Travis Face, two teenagers living in a small Kentucky town.
Following the death of their mother when they were young boys, the Face
brothers become the victims of their vanquished, widowed father’s
uncompromising abuse, surviving exclusively on the strength drawn from
each other’s love and support. Yet, it is the heart-rending struggles
they endure when trying to turn their turmoil into virtue by helping a
young boy escape a similar fate, that form the foundation of the novel;
one that embodies sacrifice, but offers salvation.
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