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Bear The Light
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 6 2026
Pages: 54
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.14 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Four years sober, fifty-two-year-old Peter Vance lives a life of careful routines in an Austin transitional recovery house. Once a brilliant playwright on the verge of Broadway stardom, Peter abandoned his dreams after alcohol destroyed everything he loved. Now working as a substitute teacher, he keeps his world small, quiet, and safe.
Until he walks the trail behind the property and steps into the path of Bear-a broad-chested, protective black lab guarding a runaway boy in the brush.
Sixteen-year-old Calvin has been surviving off-grid since he was twelve. Sharp, fiercely independent, and terrified of being processed into the state system, Calvin has only ever relied on Bear and his own wits. Recognizing the teenager's acute intelligence and desperate need for shelter, Peter breaks his facility's strictest rules to secretly sneak Calvin and Bear into his small room.
What starts as a temporary mercy mission quickly demands radical transformation.
When an unexpected inspection forces a legal ultimatum, Peter must make a choice: retreat into the familiar safety of isolation, or step up, take accountability for his past, and fight for the family he never knew he needed.
Set against the backdrop of Austin, Texas, Bear the Light is a deeply moving, hopeful story about redemption, the courage it takes to tell the truth, and the extraordinary power of chosen family.
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