As a young man coming of age in Kingston, Ontario, Rob absorbs knowledge with a passion. His love for learning takes him all over the world…
…from his school’s computer club…
…to a summer math camp in Chicago…
…to the CERN physics lab in Switzerland.
“Are you going to be a scientist too, like your father?” she asked.
I didn’t know how to answer. “I guess I could be.”
I could have been. I was a seed then and I could have grown into any tree.
It all changes one night during his undergrad years as he’s walking alongside the waterfront. There, he encounters a distraught woman…
…about to drown herself…
…in the waters of Lake Ontario.
The only difference between Jacob and me is that he is Jacob and I am me.
The difference between us causes our stories to branch away from each other at the moment that the woman utters those words.
“I’m going to kill myself.”
This meditative autobiographical novel explores the effects of trauma on a man’s mind, and the healing power of love and hope. Readers will follow Rob’s journey as he tries to find his way back from despair through writing, music, and hard work.
What does the future—once so clear—now hold?
A letter from a woman named Ann may hold the answer…
We spent hours talking.
When we spoke I could see a path in front of me, the same path that Jacob would follow.
I needed her.
About the Authors
Rob Ewan lives in Toronto, where he parlayed a university degree in mathematical physics into an unrelated career in computer communications and security, with short jaunts into social awareness projects. After uncovering the buried memories of the event that changed his life and gave him the symptoms of PTSD, he has decided to share his story in hopes that it can help others.
Albert Choi lives in Markham and works as a software developer. He writes short stories in his spare time. His writing has appeared in On Spec Magazine and Postscripts to Darkness.
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