PILGRIM'S BAY

“Pilgrim’s Bay” is the story of one man’s attempt to rise from personal tragedy and find a better way. Aden the novel’s protagonist is Holden Caulfield meets Jake Barnes. He is bright and quirky tough and noble but his self-destructive nature and lack of concern for others prevents him from leading a loving fulfilling life. Aden is in danger of becoming another in a long line of Pilgrim’s Bay drunks. Just another washed up might-have-been living from hangover to hangover. Aden’s chance at redemption comes in the form of confronting personal tragedy. One death at a time. He finds his mother dead on the bathroom floor. His father disappears while navigating the rough waters of Lake Huron. And he loses his best friend in a freak fishing accident. All the while Aden is struggling to forgive himself and his ex-girlfriend Kali for the loss of their unborn child. But there is hope for Aden and if anything “Pilgrim’s Bay” is a story of redemption as Aden comes to define man’s ability to rise from the depths of personal tragedy and endure.