Now It's Inescapable: New Edition

He became self-deceptive and then had a realization. Dr. Glen Coyle used to be an artist at what he does. In his office is a hand sculpture given by a patient whose hand he reattached. These days though Glen is doing his best to keep his hands from shaking. Hes on the run constantly -- from pharmaceuticals hes supposed to be prescribing for his patients. His wife is about to leave him. The DEA comes to pay him a visit. But when hes called before the hospital board he knows his days of running wild have careened out of control. Now Its Inescapable is a timely recovery story about a man in desperate search of love and oblivion in equal measure. Glen will do anything to avoid facing himself and the title of the novel becomes a repeating mantra each time he gets cornered with himself -- and then ducks away. Glen is very good at wiggling out. Even after hes ordered to rehab he takes off on a disastrous bolt to Baja California that takes him to the brink of self-destruction. He has hit the proverbial bottom. Gradually Glen faces the unresolved issues of his past: his neglectful and distant mother his abusive military father his war experiences in Iraq as a trauma surgeon and the biggest gorilla in his living room-his addiction. Once Glen fully commits to this fateful step the world around him slowly reshapes to his new perspective -- the plastic surgery has its positive uses he feels more empathic with his patients he has embarked on a promising new relationship that he must take slowly. In the closing scenes Glen and his sponsor do a medical mission to Guatemala and his tormented past is transformed into his best asset.