But since his dad had started calling to unleash rage ten, fifteen times a day, Will’s psyche had slipped into battle-fatigue mode.
The premise for this novel came from real life. An aging relative was trapped in a loop of psychotic breaks and called constantly to accuse us of awful things, screaming obscenities. Then he forgot, and all was fine until the next call. On New Year's Eve, when it was particularly bad, my husband snapped and screamed back. Our young son overheard. As he huddled in my lap, crying hysterically, I thought, "We're in hell. This couldn't get any worse." Then my writer brain said, "Aha, but what if … "
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