Dr. Jack Murano will go through hell for his family.
But Murano’s life is harsh. His father is in prison for killing his mother in a car accident while drunk.
His son ends up in rehab after succumbing to the family addiction gene. Murano himself picks up the deadly habit, which he thought he’d already overcome during college.
At his daughter’s beachfront wedding, he falls to the floor during their father–daughter dance after overindulging at the open bar. His embarrassed and mortified daughter immediately disowns him. So, Murano loses another member of his family.
With nothing left in common, his wife, Diane, delivers another devastating blow by leaving the family house and moving to another house.
Now Murano is left with his dog, Boomer, the only friendly soul to remind him of the family dream Murano is fighting to resurrect. When his beloved dog is hit by a car and ends up on life support in the local veterinary hospital, Murano can’t cope with his life any longer. His drinking problem spirals out of control, and when he doesn’t show in the ER after a night binge, and his patient dies, the hospital suspends his surgical privileges. Dr. Murano, the surgeon, can practice no longer.
Murano sees no hope. His world has ended. He takes his cherished, classic Ford Mustang, and at full speed slams into the Mugu Rock.
But then a miracle happens, and another. And yet another. Slowly, one family member at a time, Murano brings his clan back together.
Just when he thinks he’s got his family back, however, the unthinkable happens. He is told his family is not what he thought it was. Murano is faced with another earth-shattering quandary that could change his entire view of the family he has always dreamed about and fought so hard to resurrect.
My three-volume Murano family saga is about how one man, having clear values in mind but up against immense adversity, battles to create the family he’s always wanted.
