On a recent day trip to Bowling Green, I stopped at my absolute favorite store-Barnes & Noble Booksellers of Campbell Lane. Aside from finally becoming a member and collecting a healthy amount of coupons (everyone’s favorite hobby, right?), I was able to purchase four books without any second thoughts. For the first time in a long time, I was able to be interested enough in a book to read it straight through in one day, with hardly any breaks in between, willingly. I read a book entitled “The Home-Coming”, written by Stacie Ramey. It is such a good book, and I would recommend it to anyone.

In “The Home-Coming” a teenage boy by the name of John finally returns home after 7 years of being away. His mother threw him out of the house due to his aggressive behavior, mostly from the fact that he believes that he was the one responsible for the accident that made his older brother handicapped. This story is mainly about dealing with inner demons, or “dragons” as John calls them, and finally realizing that, through meeting his next door neighbor named Emily, that learning to let others love you, as well as learning to love yourself, is key.

This may sound like some sappy romance, but being a depression survivor myself, I can relate to what John is going through in some ways. I highly recommend this book, and I plan on reading many more of Stacie’s books.