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    Chris Richards/ book,   NothingSo Broken  (currently on pre-order) reached #74 in Vietnam War biographies, #90 in biographies of people with disabilities, and #111 in Vietnam War history. Book description:  In the shadow of loss, a path to healing begins. Chris Richards grew up in a small New England mill town, where life was tough and loyalty ran deep. At just 19, his world was shaken when a close friend was left permanently disabled by a devastating accident. At the same time, Chris’s father began to show troubling symptoms linked to his service in the Vietnam War—unseen wounds that would slowly unravel the man he once knew. The weight of watching two people he loved unravel under the strain of trauma and physical decline left deep scars—ones Chris carried silently into adulthood. For years, he buried his grief and fear, never imagining that one day, facing his own crisis, he would turn to their stories for strength. This powerful and moving memoir explore...

  Available now on pre-order!  Nothing So Broken  - war, memoir, more. Use code FF25 for a 25% discount. Also on Amazon (already in the top 100 bestsellers in two categories) and B&N. Today we provide a precerpt (an excerpt from a book not yet published) -    -fracture-   When we first moved into our house, there were four maple trees in the front yard, two bigger and two smaller, and I thought,  how nice, just like us .   Then, there’s my mother turning off the television and sitting down on the couch to my left. I don’t recall the day of the week, or the weather, or what show I was watching. But I remember she was to my left.   My parents had begun their journey in 1962, 16-year-olds slow dancing at a house party. My mother said my father was funny and outspoken although he could be embarrassing at times. They graduated from Sutton High School among a class of 50 students in 1964, a few months before North Vietnam attacked t...

Available now on pre-order!  Nothing So Broken   by Chris Richards. Book to be released August 29, 2025. Use coupon code FF25 for 25% discount. Also available on pre-order on Amazon , where it is already top 100 in two bestseller categories, and on Barnes & Noble . Book description:  In the shadow of loss, a path to healing begins. Chris Richards grew up in a small New England mill town, where life was tough and loyalty ran deep. At just 19, his world was shaken when a close friend was left permanently disabled by a devastating accident. At the same time, Chris’s father began to show troubling symptoms linked to his service in the Vietnam War—unseen wounds that would slowly unravel the man he once knew. The weight of watching two people he loved unravel under the strain of trauma and physical decline left deep scars—ones Chris carried silently into adulthood. For years, he buried his grief and fear, never imagining that one day, facing his own crisis, he would turn to...

  Available now on pre-order!  Nothing So Broken  by Chris Richards. Book to be released August 29, 2025. Use coupon code FF25 for a 25% discount. Also available on pre-order on  Amazon  (where it has been in the top 100 of bestseller in two categories) and  Barnes & Noble . Book description:  In the shadow of loss, a path to healing begins. Chris Richards grew up in a small New England mill town, where life was tough and loyalty ran deep. At just 19, his world was shaken when a close friend was left permanently disabled by a devastating accident. At the same time, Chris’s father began to show troubling symptoms linked to his service in the Vietnam War—unseen wounds that would slowly unravel the man he once knew. The weight of watching two people he loved unravel under the strain of trauma and physical decline left deep scars—ones Chris carried silently into adulthood. For years, he buried his grief and fear, never imagining that one day, facing hi...