I Swear to God
Published on 30. August 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
180 pages
978-1-0383-1934-0 (ISBN)
Description
What do you do when your son is arrested for murder?
Sharon Gibson, a Hamilton, Ontario, Emergency Room nurse and divorced mother of Alicia (14) and Christian (17), doesn't have things easy. Dealing with her ex-husband, juggling night shifts in Emergency, and parenting her kids take up her time. Then Christian starts skipping school, coming home late or, worse, staying out all night. Sharon wonders if he's using and selling drugs.
When Christian's vice principal summons Sharon to the school for a meeting, Sharon fears the worst. Nothing prepares her for what she finds. Then, she discovers Christian is missing.
When the dust finally settles, Christian is in jail for a crime Sharon knows he couldn't possibly have committed. She won't leave any stone unturned in her desperate attempt to prove he's innocent. Will she be able to find the proof she needs before it's too late?
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
235 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0383-1934-0 (9781038319340)
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David Laing Dawson worked and lived for many years as a psychiatrist in Hamilton, Ontario, specializing at times in Forensic Psychiatry, adolescents, and families. He spent ten years as Chief of Psychiatry at Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital and as Professor of Psychiatry at McMaster University.
A prolific writer, Dawson's works include Last Rights (1990; a runner-up for the Arthur Ellis Award), Essondale (1993), Assisted Living & Modern Times: Almost a Musical in 2 One-Act Plays (2015), Two Years of Trump on the Psychiatrist's Couch (2018), Love in the Time of COVID: Poems (2020). He also co-authors the blog Mind You: Reflections on Mental Health, Mental Illness, and Life.
An accomplished artist who has always painted, Dawson's paintings are currently shown at the Tutt Street Gallery in Kelowna. He lives in West Kelowna, B.C., with his wife and their two boxer dogs.