...But when Cole's basketball scholarship dreams are shattered by a torn ACL, Dylan watches as his older brother slowly falls apart.
Told through the skeptical eyes of an emotionally abused younger brother, A Brother's Oath chronicles a year of Dylan Truman's life as he witnesses the psychological breakdown of his older brother Cole. Dylan gradually accepts Cole with the help of the sage advice of his girlfriend Cara whose mother suffers from bipolar disorder. Out of new found love for his brother, Dylan makes a promise to Cole that he may not be able to keep if he wants to keep his brother alive.
Told through the skeptical eyes of an emotionally abused younger brother, A Brother's Oath chronicles a year of Dylan Truman's life as he witnesses the psychological breakdown of his older brother Cole. Dylan gradually accepts Cole with the help of the sage advice of his girlfriend Cara whose mother suffers from bipolar disorder. Out of new found love for his brother, Dylan makes a promise to Cole that he may not be able to keep if he wants to keep his brother alive.
A Brother's Oath is a young adult novel that focuses on mental illness and its stigma through honesty, humor, and heart. Mental illness affects 20% of young adults between the ages of 13 and 18. While this group is the intended audience, anyone sensitive to the effects of mental illness on those suffering with it as well as their families and friends would find hope and support, not to mention humor, by reading A Brother's Oath.
Author Anne Slease is represented by Ali Herring of Spencer Hill Associates.
Author Anne Slease is represented by Ali Herring of Spencer Hill Associates.
