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When a history teacher suddenly is elected Ukrainian President, he finds fighting corruption harder than expected, even as members of his own family try to cash in.
Imperial Dreams (2014)
A just out of jail father, who dreams of becoming a writer, reconnects with his son but has to live in his car when he refuses his uncle’s demand to help in his drug business.
Uncle Frank (2020)
Southerner Frank, estranged from his father Frank over his homosexuality, returns with his niece & lover for the old man’s funeral.
Beyond the Wall (2018)
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Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
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Onward (2020)
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Troubador of Grace
The following article was published in the June 1988 issue of the Catholic journal Marriage & Family Living. Despite being Presbyterian, I became its first Media Editor after the parent company, Abbey Press, published my first book in 1976, Gadgets, Gimmicks, and Grace. This was one of the articles that was the source for my …