Conflicted

Gary doesn’t understand why his parents separated, or what he can do to make things right for his family. But his dad has promised that they’ll be spending special time together on his eleventh birthday, so maybe he’ll get to learn more. Even better, perhaps he’ll be able to forge the bond with his dad that he so craves. As their adventure unfolds we hear about Gary’s past, his flashbacks revealing why he is the person that he has become. We share the highs and the lows of his birthday weekend, and discover just what a profound impact the events have on their relationship. We learn what Gary must do to cope in his adolescent years, and how the forces of nature and nurture continue to shape his life. Along the way, we see just how complicated life can become for a child when parents leave their conflicts unresolved.

Bob Fitch has spent 25-years working as a management consultant, helping organizations and people to successfully bring about and deal with change, on assignments conducted in over 45 countries throughout the world. This book, his first novel, which also examines how people deal with changes in their lives, has been influenced by perhaps his most challenging role to date, that of stepfather. Whilst the story is fictional, it has used as inspiration the way that his stepson has handled upheaval in his young life. Bob, from England, and his wife Heather, from Canada, now live in New Jersey, USA with their three children.