It doesn’t matter if the book is good or bad, sometimes the words just aren’t there.Īnyway, John Well’s life basically changes overnight.

Other times I don’t have the words for one reason or another. Or rather, by now this review has been haunting me for the past six months if I’m going to be honest with you… Sometimes words come easy and I can’t say enough about a book. I’ve been sitting here for the past few hours staring at a blank page and trying to figure out what to write about this book. But when a reversal of fortune pulls John back to DC, the treacherous world of politics he thought he’d left behind threatens to destroy his chance at true happiness. As they work together to renovate a local landmark, the two men forge an unlikely friendship that blossoms into love and becomes the foundation for a new life they hope to build together. Peter finds himself drawn to Danny Cavanaugh, an enigmatic carpenter who is struggling to come to terms with his own troubled past. Following a final, devastating blow, John assumes a new identity as “Peter” and flees to Provincetown, where a tight-knit community of eclectic characters slowly transforms him. In the space of a single day, John’s perfect life unexpectedly unravels when his career falters and his marriage implodes.

But while riding high on a wave of success, he’s blindsided by a series of betrayals from the people he trusts the most. As chief of staff to Patrick Donovan, a US senator and aspiring presidential candidate, he enjoys all the power and privilege of a DC insider. Born into a blue-collar family, John Wells beat the odds and came out a winner.

Favorite son by will freshwater