GRANDFATHERS AGAINST DRUGS is Released

Carlisle, Ohio

As a grandfather, Wilbur Richards Sr. knows just how much a grandfather values his grandchildren and could well imagine the pain if some tragedy were to take them away. "Grandfathers against Drugs" (published by Xlibris) is about grandfathers whose lives are forever changed when drug related shootings took away their loved ones.

Two grandfathers lost their grandsons and an older gentleman lost his son. All were felled in the crossfire of a drug shooting. They, all three, meet and the bonds of their common tragedy develop into a close friendship. They initially tried to get over their tragic loss, but several months of telling each other stories has only led them to formulate a plan for revenge. In their mind, they have convinced themselves that their plan would actually save people. For such educated men, they have allowed their anger to cloud their judgment and control their lives. Drugs destroyed their happiness. Can they stop their anger from destroying what is left? The path to redemption may come at a great and terrible cost.

Richards' heartfelt writing resoundingly communicates the pain of losing a loved one and the anger that could so insidiously creep into the void such loss leaves behind. The characters learn, to their dismay, that a path paved with anger could only lead to more loss. The story gives the lesson of how good overrides evil as the protagonists find their way back to God and are granted a new lease on life.

"Grandfathers against Drugs"
By Wilbur Richards Sr.
Hardcover | 6 x 9in | 94 pages | ISBN 9781499010169
Softcover | 6 x 9in | 94 pages | ISBN 9781499010176
E-Book | 94 pages | ISBN 9781499010152
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble

About the Author
Wilbur Richards Sr. was born in 1949. He has lived in Ohio for all his life and has been married to his wife, June, for 48 years. They have two sons, Wilbur Jr. and Charles and two grandsons, Quenton Tyler and Devin James. He has worked at General Motors for 31 years and retired in June 2000. He has a small wood shop and enjoys doing small projects. He also enjoys carving.

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