02676cam a2200445 i 4500 761653542 TxAuBib 20230413120000.0 230322|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022951682 9781638086901 hardback : alk. paper $38.95 1638086907 hardback : alk. paper $38.95 (OCoLC)1370607980 TxAuBib rda Dugoni, Robert, author. The extraordinary life of Sam Hell : a novel / Robert Dugoni. Center Point Large Print edition. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2023. ©0. 575 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Regular print version previously published by Amazon Publishing. "Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called Devil Boy or Sam Hell by his classmates; "God's will" is what his mother called his ocular albinism. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam persevered, buoyed by his mother's devout faith, his father's practical wisdom, and his two other misfit friends. Sam believed it was God who sent Ernie Cantwell, the only African American kid in his class, to be the friend he so desperately needed. And that it was God's idea for Mickie Kennedy to storm into Our Lady of Mercy like a tornado, uprooting every rule Sam had been taught about boys and girls. Forty years later, Sam, a small-town eye doctor, is no longer certain anything was by design -- especially not the tragedy that caused him to turn his back on his friends, his hometown, and the life he'd always known. Running from the pain, eyes closed, served little purpose. Now, as he looks back on his life, Sam embarks on a journey that will take him halfway around the world. This time, his eyes are wide open -- bringing into clear view what changed him, defined him, and made him so afraid, until he can finally see what truly matters."-- Provided by publisher. 20230413. Albinos and albinism Fiction. City and town life Fiction. Homecoming Fiction. Life change events Fiction. Identity (Psychology) Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Catholics Fiction. Faith Fiction. Large type books. Large print books. . Burlingame (Calif.) Fiction. Bildungsromans. Domestic fiction.