A Full-Grown Man, (Paperback)

Seventeen year old Ben Bennefield, unwilling heir to the family farm looses his future to a bewitching cast of characters, each harboring secrets in the small, backwater town in Louisiana. A Full-Grown Man addresses the compelling themes of relationships, with a strong sense of place and time. For twenty-five years, Ben must traverse the course of his rocky life, with its mix of love and family misfortunes, to learn the lesson of life's unpredictability. (lst place winner, AFAF, Louisville, KY -- Nov. 7, 2009.