Next

<p> Next is comparable in time and place with John Grisham's </p><p>A Painted House with a writing style like The Thread That Runs </p><p>So True Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men.</p><p></p><p>Next provides a reassuring message about the strength of the </p><p>human spirit and the enduring power of kindness. Jim's mother </p><p>died. His father left him with people living in a shack next to a </p><p>ditch. Jim was passed from one place to the next. Most of the </p><p>places were dangerous and with few exceptions the people </p><p>there had little interest in his presence. The skills and strength </p><p>he gained along the way would serve him throughout his life. </p><p>Next is richly visual and emotionally compelling.</p><p></p><p>Hensen March (pseudonym) is a private-practice </p><p>psychotherapist with a Ph.D. and license in clinical psychology. </p><p>Grief fueled his desire to write this book. His son was a writer. </p><p>He began writing Next the day he buried him.</p><p></p>