Steven M Goad

Chickery Wood Steven M Goad

Life is filled with unseen twists and turns and the lives of the James family is no different. Ben and Jenny James are a young couple raising their two boys on the family farm. Life seemed perfect until their youngest son, Alex, is lost in a tragic farming accident. Ben, a proud and honorable man, retreats within himself contemplating why God could have abandoned his family; while Jenny wraps her arms around her faith and holds on tightly, searching for a way to reach Ben. Tucker, their oldest son, is left to himself as his parents try to find their way back to what was once a loving relationship. He leans on his two best friends, Sam and Charley, to fill the emotional holes created by the loss of his brother and the changing relationship between his struggling parents. The three friends step up to the challenge of tangling with the town bullies, culminating in a final showdown that inadvertently unlocks hidden feelings as well as the unbreakable bonds between the three. In between their misadventures, Tucker becomes engrossed in his mysterious neighbor, Mr. Muncie, who has been making visits to the root cellar at all hours of the day and night. Tucker believes that he can finally solve the mystery of Muncie, if he can just get into that cellar. Chickery Wood will make you laugh, cause you to cry and show you in the end that God never forgets us....and love never dies.