Son’s Terrifying Journey and Triumphant Outcome Described in New Book, Reaching the Shore
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Davin's inspirational story allows others to see how an individual without wealth, a college education or power can make a big difference in the lives of many.
Austin, TX (PRUnderground) February 26th, 2018
Reaching the Shore: A Story of Survival, Courage and Endurance is a true story by Davin Jake Douma and Bonnie Jane Hall.
Hall, Davin’s mother says, “When Davin was sixteen he was convicted of killing a man who Davin later said had sexually molested him when he was fourteen. Davin was sentenced to life in prison. Davin spent nine months in the Tulsa, Oklahoma county jail before being sent to a dangerous maximum security prison for adults.”
Hall remarks, “Davin’s appendix ruptured while in the county jail and he was left in agony lying on the concrete floor in his cell untreated and without food for four days. He was full of infection and had his appendix and nine inches of colon removed. He entered prison weighing ninety pounds and his survival was at stake. Only one out of about one hundred teenagers come out of a maximum security adult prison alive.”
“Then,” Hall says, “A martial arts and Tai Chi master enters Davin’s life as a spiritual advisor and the training begins. Years later Davin was a martial arts and Tai Chi master, a writer, had read over four thousand books and had gone through a major positive self-transformation. During these years Davin taught Tai Chi and it’s philosophy to inmates and staff.
Educator and writer Susan Wilkins comments, “Reaching the Shore: A Story of Survival, Courage and Endurance is a story about a young man’s journey through prison life and his extraordinary heroism of using the constraints, horrors and obscenities of his surroundings to propel him into a quest of personal growth, self-discipline and personal enlightenment.”
Wilkins continues, “This book is also about the memoirs of a remarkable mother who attentively gave her devotion and attentiveness to that son. A true inspiration. The reader comes away realizing that no matter what cards fate has dealt us, ours is not to give up or give in, but to stalwartly without self-pity journey through, conquer and thus be transformed in the process.”
The Kindle and print editions can be found at Amazon. See links below:
Link to Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0791JCKW8//&
Link to Print: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692047212//&
About Bonnie Jane Hall
Bonnie Jane Hall enjoys using her artistic talents for both art and writing. A gifted storyteller, she also enjoys writing research-based fiction and non-fiction.
EarthShips: Growing Up in the Climate Shift is the first book in her speculative, science-based fiction Earthships series. She also recently penned a true story, Reaching the Shore: A Story of Survival, Courage and Endurance, about herself and her son Davin, who faced major obstacles and extraordinary trials with great courage.
Bonnie is a former interior designer and has travelled the world.
