Taking Back the Bullet: Trajectories of Self-Discovery

This contemporary character-driven novel is about people who are stigmatized. However once they discover their true identities each is empowered to begin the journey of lifes purpose.The man characters are: police officer Tom Jennings obese as a mutant Idaho potato in a jiggling gelatin suit; James Odessa-Smith with his schizoaffective disorder; and young Suanna Morningcloud a person with albinism half Nez Perce Indian and half Caucasian.Meeting during a botched bank robbery in Prairie Grove Kansas they experience tragedy and trauma. Forever changed and connected they are forced to ask Who am I and where do I belong?Taking Back the Bullet explores the themes of stigma identity and self-discovery. The multi-layered stories are an escape into reality.