THE YEAR IS 2020. The world is at war with a deadly pandemic and the nation is rife with political partisanship and division. The delineations between left and right, right and wrong, and true and false are blurred. Turmoil ensues.

Citizens of the nation quarrel amongst themselves, their hearts focused on division rather than unity, while COVID-19 is laser-focused on its attack, targeting the vulnerable, indiscriminately taking out its victims without regard to race, religion or political leanings. A relentless and ravaging enemy, it spreads across the planet in record time, killing tens of thousands daily.

Worldwide economies implode as social distancing and mask mandates choke the life out of once thriving industries. Schools and businesses are forced to shut down, creating mass joblessness and childcare chaos. Bank accounts are depleted and food lines are implemented. Climate change wreaks havoc on the earth spawning raging fires and horrific storms
that render populations homeless and desperate. Chaos abounds.

In the outskirts of Fayetteville, Arkansas, the Patterson family tumbles through 2020, touched by the calamities of this perilous time. A tenuous marriage, isolation, childhood trauma, societal discourse, and COVID-19 all come together in this present-day novel wherein triumph and miracles battle to overtake tragedy and mayhem.

HINDSIGHT is a story that focuses on the fragility of human life as well as the resilience of the human spirit to overcome despair
with hope, loneliness with love, and chaos with clarity; for hindsight is 20/20.