Grief Mentor

My Mentor, Death is a collection of over 40 of Leslie D. Soule's best poems, meditating on modernity, loss, and more. With deft language and cutting wit, Soule's poetry illuminates the twisted landscape of the 21st century, creating a tableau of lost loves, depersonalization, and that specter that comes for all of us: death.

"A heartwarming tale of redemption and forgiveness that is both emotional and emotionally charged." –IndieReader At 14, Shawn Stevens commits a horrible crime the day after his father's funeral. These two events define his life. After leaving juvenile detention, he starts life over but is haunted by his past, unable to forgive anybody, including himself. When Shawn becomes a mentor, he finally confronts what he's done, questioning everything. In a parallel story from the present, Shawn's 13-year-old son, Aidan, finds letters in the attic introducing him to the father he never met. Aidan ...