Will the truth set you free?

To the outsider, Thomas Van Steen seems to have everything—a successful business, a beautiful, sexy wife, a loyal best friend, expensive cars, and custom-tailored suits. But on the inside, his life is not as perfect as it seems. His aging mother is experiencing rapidly declining health. To see her through her last days, he has set her up in his New York City penthouse with the best care money can buy. Another flaw in his so-called perfect life is that Thomas is oblivious to the fact that he’s a misogynistic, narcissistic hypocrite who treats everyone except his mother with contempt and disdain.

Trapped inside a high-tech elevator where he can see and hear but not communicate, powerless in every way, he feels the cracks forming in the carefully laid foundations of his world and is forced to witness events that upend his perception of reality.

Buckle up for this intense psychological thriller. Sex. Drugs. Manipulation. RETRIBUTION.

When it was all said and done and the blog came to its rightful conclusion, the writer, Andrew, felt that if the blog was so successful at spreading the message, there were other ways to help spread the word. Indeed, there were experiences they lived through that taught them lessons that applied beyond Avery’s scoliosis.

Bent But Not Broken is a heartfelt journey of a girl and her family navigating the healthcare system from diagnosis to surgery and beyond. Follow them as they use their own words in blog posts and through an emotional and gripping narrative that puts you by their side through all the ups and downs, challenges and successes, of an experience that changed their lives and taught them that compassion and love build strong communities, even stronger families, and that true strength comes from the most unlikely sources.

This is a true, heartwarming story of perseverance, strength, love, family, and community.