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New novel stresses the importance of family values
by Todd M. Pree
Author, attorney, teacher and hospital CEO Paul Taylor draws from life experience and entertainment news to explore personal growth and responsibility in Rehabitation.
In Rehabitation, the world of a young man from a well-grounded, Midwestern family literally collides in a traffic accident with a young woman, once a child star from a dysfunctional Hollywood family, who is trapped in a pattern of self-destructive behavior. After determining that the actress was behind the wheel of the car, the boy’s father, a prosecuting attorney, offers the young woman a surprising lifeline-no jail time, provided she can live with his family, caring anonymously for his comatose wife for one year. The lessons learned and discoveries made during the tumultuous following year bring changes and growth to both. One must discover love as a daughter before she can become a woman and an actress, and the other must move beyond his father’s voice and find his own as a man and a writer.
Inspired by his own wife’s recovery from a serious stroke, Taylor infuses personal elements into a narrative that switches between a proto-screenplay, a coming of age novel and a son’s letter to his father. During his wife’s rehabilitation, Taylor’s oldest son suddenly announced he was dropping out of college to attend film school in Hollywood. The resulting juxtaposition of Midwest and Los Angeles culture provides the background for this novel about the value of family relationships.
“Today, many people are not well grounded in a network of extended family relationships, and, as a result, contact with others often becomes a collision instead of a true connection,” Taylor says. “Those collisions with other lives are too disconnected, too discrete to form a basis for real human relationships; therefore, it is important people recognize their responsibility to those whose lives intersect with theirs. We can’t save the world, but we can make an effort to save that part of the world that touches us directly.”
EXCERPT
[CHAPTER ONE]
FIRST DRAFT
Rehabitation is available for sale online at Amazon.com, BookSurge.com and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.
About the Author
Paul Taylor received a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Dartmouth College, a master’s degree in literature and a law degree from Missouri University. After law school, he worked as an attorney in private practice and as a city attorney. He is currently the chief executive officer and chief legal counsel of Ozarks Community Hospital and resides in Webb City.
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