About Until It Was Gone David B. Seaburn:
When Laney announces to Franklin at their fortieth wedding anniversary dinner that she is leaving him, the lives of every member of the family are changed. Through conflict, Covid, mass shooting, abortion, and more, this family will find forgiveness, resilience, and hope.
Laney leaves for the Oklahoma panhandle in search of Roz, their estranged daughter, who left home at sixteen, and the nineteen-year-old granddaughter, Maggie, Laney has never met.
Shortly after she leaves, Franklin contracts Covid which morphs into the long-haul form. His episodes of fogginess and disorientation awaken memories of abuse at the hands of his father.
Gretchen, his sister, comes to take care of him. Four years earlier her husband was killed in a mass shooting in her small town. Soon she will return home to give her victim impact statement at the murderer’s sentencing.
Maggie, the granddaughter, becomes pregnant and due to medical complications needs an abortion, but she lives in a state where it is outlawed. What will she do? Where will she go? Will the family find the strength to come together for everyone’s sake?
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Author Bio:
David B. Seaburn’s tenth novel, Until It Was Gone, was released by Black Rose Writing (2024). He is a retired marriage and family therapist, family psychologist, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine (University of Rochester Medical Center) and minister. He was also director of a free family counseling service in the Spencerport (NY) Central School District. He and his wife live near Rochester, NY. They have two married daughters and five wonderful grandchildren. His novels have received the following honors: Long-listed, Somerset Award, Contemporary and Literary Fiction (2024), Short Listed, Hawthorne Prize (2024); Finalist, General Fiction, American Writing Awards (2023); Third Place, Bookfest, Literary Fiction/Coming-of-Age (2023); Short-listed, American Writing Awards Hawthorne Prize (2023); Finalist, Maxy Award, Literary and Humor Fiction (2023); Short-listed, Somerset Award, Literary and Contemporary Fiction (2022); Runner-up, Pencraft Award, General Fiction (2022); Finalist, National Indie Excellence Award, General Fiction (2021); Semi-finalist, Somerset Award, Literary, Contemporary, and Satire Fiction (2019); American Bookfest Finalist, “Best Book” in General Fiction (2019); Short-listed, Somerset Award for Fiction (2018); Runner-up, TAZ Award for Fiction (2017); Finalist, National Indie Excellence Award in General Fiction (2011).