The Patriot Joe Morton

<p>This small Texas town will never be the same again.</p><p>When the good people of Cranston learn a hometown boy has been killed in Iraq they begin preparing a memorial for their fallen hero.</p><p>But nobody thinks to ask the boy's father Joe Morton if such a service is wanted - or welcome. Crippled by grief Joe goes along with the plans of the townsfolk until he can bear no more. On the Fourth of July he tells them just how he feels.</p><p>Joe's act of independence has unexpected consequences. The residents - and Joe himself - are completely unprepared for what happens next: change and the outside world come to Cranston.</p><p>First runner-up 2010 Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society Gold Medal</p>