Tucker McBride

by Doris Gaines Rapp

Tucker McBride thinks his family is different from the other guys’ relatives. He has no mother and an absent father. His brother teases him and one sister watches him like a stalker. Tucker buries his feelings of loss and disappointment under mountains of action and adventure. It was love from his dog, Joe that made up for the oddities of his strange, multigenerational family. It’s the mid-1900s; Tucker and his siblings live with Uncle Jacob and their grandparents. Almost July 4, 1946, he’s angry because his dog Joe, a War Dog, didn’t come home at the end of World War II. To avoid bad or negative feelings, he jumps into things before he thinks. The rush of power he feels from his risky behaviors acts like a Band-Aid for his emotions. Thinking ahead could bring up thoughts he wants to avoid. For a twelve-year-old with the entire neighborhood as his playground, escaping into his own fantasies becomes a fast ride into a world of fun and forgetting. (Ages: 10 through grandparents)

190 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 30, 2019

About the author

I am loving life. I was married at age 19 and am still married to the same wonderful guy. We have 3 birth children and 3 adopted children, with a 26 year age span.
I've taught elementary school, Jr. Hi English, and the Special Ed Resource room in a H.S. Then, grad School and my Doctorate in Psychology. Worked at two Comp. Centers, and directed the Counseling Centers at Taylor University, Upland, IN and Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN.
I had several articles published before going to grad school - then wrote papers and a dissertation. Now, I'm having a great time writing novels.
Life is meant lived. Every single minute single of it!
Dr. Rapp was recently awarded the Who's Who Lifetime Achievement Award.