Reinventing Mike Lake

"People tend to do pretty drastic things when they come to the conclusion that there is nothing left to fear. I wasn't always like that, and I still may not be like that at all. With her gone, something changed. An emptiness that I never knew possible came through like a train you never see coming, and I never saw it coming."

When Mike Lake's wife unexpectedly passed away, he needed a change to help overcome his despair. He chose to hit the open road with his faithful dog, Bahama, as his co-pilot. During his travels, Mike rekindled with estranged family members, soaked up some sun in the Florida Keys, and got lucky in Las Vegas. Along the way Mike searched for his direction in life, reinventing himself to be the man he was meant to be.

Genre
literary fiction
Setting
2010s
Audience
adult
Length
short · 164 pages

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