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Shane's Coma

by John D. Carter

A family journey amid a crisis

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A family journey amid a crisis

Shane’s coma sets two strands in motion: the violence that leaves him unconscious in Saskatchewan, and Dr. Randal Reilly’s journey from British Columbia to India to inform his niece. As the first wave of COVID-19 disrupts travel and commercial flights are cancelled, Randal and the Reilly family face practical and personal complications far from home. The novel brings family dynamics, love and reconciliation together with the difficulties of navigating unfamiliar language and customs during an unfolding emergency.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in family relationships and reconciliation.
  • Readers seeking fiction that places personal complications against the first wave of COVID-19.
  • Readers interested in a story involving travel between Canada and India.

Themes

Family dynamicsLove and reconciliationTravel and cultural navigationThe first wave of COVID-19

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Book overview

Two Saskatchewan prison guards smash Shane Billhill's head onto a concrete floor placing him in a coma. Dr. Randal Reilly, an aging psychotherapist, decides he must travel from British Columbia to India to tell his niece about Shane. Traveling to India is never easy. Navigating language issues and customs has never been Randal's strong suit. Meanwhile, COVID-19 descends rapidly while Dr. Reilly is in India. Complications and conundrums occur. Foreigners need to leave India, but commercial flights out are cancelled. The Reillys find help from an old family friend.
This is a novel about family dynamics, love, reconciliation and the difficulties dealing with the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
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