From the Painted Stick
by Gordon Goulden
Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Pete Prougert keeps to himself, or tries to. As a substitute teacher in the middle of Massachusetts, Pete finds himself remembering the life of a child born before recorded time. Was this his incarnation? Is he being forwarded a celestial memo or is his interest in the marginally suspicious student named Kevin an obsession of hysteria caused by his isolation from society? Kevin isn't just an outcasted and rebellious student. His anger plagues him and sets him on a mission for violence. In Gordon Goulden's second novel, From the Painted Stick, social mores mingle in a cocktail of mysticism, angst and the eternal hope for life beyond death.