More than a year after a nuclear meltdown the Matters family reunites as Lou rehabilitates from TBI and COVID-19 forces Mary, an SLP, to work distantly with children with autism during political upheaval and climate change. A current times historical novel.

SYNOPSIS:

Home Again 2020, the sequel to Too Close, is a historical novel that tells the story of Jason, Marty, and their mother, Mary Matters, a speech language pathologist who treats children with autism as they are reunited in their home in Ariana. Right hemisphere brain injury has caused Lou Matters, the father, to suffer left side neglect and vision loss. The story of their individual and joint struggles and efforts to heal are further blind-sided by the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in an environment where answers elude a government that is itself overwhelmed and distant learning becomes the norm. Home Again 2020 is the story of the search to heal and survive in an increasingly complex world.

Home Again 2020 feature script was a semifinalist in the Phoenix International Short Film Awards 2023.

The novel Home Again 2020 was a Gold Medalist in Current Events II and Silver Medalist in Multicultural Fiction in the 2021 Jenkins International eLit Awards.

HOME AGAIN 2020: A STORY OF SURVIVAL - A FEATURE