For nine-year-old Mickey, the early fifties were not the Ozzie and Harriet fantasy of love and security. Instead, they were years of abandonment, unimaginable cruelty, and virtual slavery. This memoir reveals Mickey's devastating experiences of being handed off from one abusive person to another ... all in the name of survival.

The Golden Sun follows a rootless protagonist named Cezal as he leaves everything behind and journeys toward his mother’s hometown after her recent passing. Set in the early 20th century, Robert Shafer’s novel largely takes place on a train, and Cezal realizes many of the passengers are there for similar reasons. Some are attempting to run from the meaninglessness that continues to creep into their lives, or heading in the direction of a new life altogether. As late summer turns t...

The Golden Sun follows a rootless protagonist named Cezal as he leaves everything behind and journeys toward his mother's hometown after her recent passing. Set in the early 20th century, Robert Shafer's novel largely takes place on a train, and Cezal realizes many of the passengers are there for similar reasons. Some are attempting to run from the meaninglessness that continues to creep into their lives, or heading in the direction of a new life altogether. As late summer turns t...