Why do bad things happen to good people? Middle School gym teacher Joseph Bustamante more than reflects upon this ageless question, he demands an answer! Within this whimsical, darkly comic, contemporary re-telling of The Book of Job, this gentle, average Joe is forced by circumstance to stand-up and confront the universal truths that affect us all.
This new thriller unfolds within a sleepy New England town where Ava Marie Stassi is a young professor struggling to advance her career while coping with a recent break-up. After tragedy unexpectedly strikes, Ava is forced by circumstance to match wits against a volatile student, Jared, who brings pent-up hostility into her quiet life...and into The Curing Room.
This harrowing psychological thriller chronicles the happenings within a remote adolescent reformatory. Its unpredictable story line will unnerve and frighten even the most avid readers. This horror story is for a mature readership. Not for teens or the squeamish. You have been forewarned.