Long Way Gone A Novel Author:Charles Martin Cooper O?Connor was a long way from home?both geographically and from the damage he caused. Now that he?s back, is healing possible? At the age of eighteen, singer/songwriter Cooper O?Connor thumbed his nose at his dad, stole most everything he held dear, and made his way to Nashville . . . where he promptly lost everything. After five difficult... more » years, he fell in love with Daley Cross, an angelic voice in need of a song. As their friendship grows and he realizes his love for her, he?s framed for a crime, shot, and left to die in a house on fire. Miraculously, he survives but the damage is severe: he can no longer sing or play music. He quietly returns home to the mountains of Colorado, hoping to answer the questions that plague him. With forgiveness and reconciliation a distant dream, Cooper searches for a way to use his gifts for others?always hoping that somewhere along the way redemption will come within reach.« less