The Helper
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A tale that combines contemporary, speculative fiction with an ambiguous spirituality. The book explores relationships between lovers, friends, families, and what Powers of Good there may be. John Sloan is a Marine Corps veteran with a life-long secret that is haunting him. He is a conduit to a healing light that draws him to people on the brink of emotional disintegration, people who are then healed and Helped by this light. His blue-collar world is shattered when he finds that his connection to this anonymous portal has vanished. He is alone, seemingly beyond aid, and in desperate need of a Helping himself. The book tracks the intersecting lives of John and two other Helpers. His lifelong friend Dusty Hakalla is a mixed-blood Ojibwe, with a secret of his own. His power to Help is remarkable, but was once destructively misused. A career Marine, his scarred childhood and momentary abuse of power have left him jaded and bereft. Deena Morrison, also a Helper, is John's girlfriend. Adopted as an infant, she flees John to find her birth-mother, while carrying within herself her own secret. Another character shadows their lives as narrator, Nan'b'oozoo, the trickster god of Ojibwe legend-at times sarcastic and petulant, at others insightful and humorous. The novel travels from the gritty Lake Superior port-cities and Indian Reservations of northern Wisconsin to the Jewish neighborhoods of North Miami Beach, Florida-from Parris Island to the war zones of Kuwait and Afghanistan.
Notes
Snow, M. N. (2016). The Helper. [United States], M. N. SNow.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Snow, M. N.. 2016. The Helper. [United States], M. N. SNow.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Snow, M. N., The Helper. [United States], M. N. SNow, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Snow, M. N.. The Helper. [United States], M. N. SNow, 2016.
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