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    Children Under the Stars
    Children Under the Stars
    Children Under the Stars
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    Children Under the Stars

    By Matt Kuvakos

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    Children Under the Stars follows, Elliot Marisol, a probation officer in Missoula, Montana. His days have grown lonely and uninspired. But, a single question continues to haunt him every day.

    What is home?

    With no answer satisfying him, Elliot tries to forget and focuses on his newly assigned case, one of the biggest to come across Missoula in a long time. The client is an alleged cult leader, Ricky Freemon. A mysterious man known for “signs and wonders” and doing only what his “Father” tells him to do. The community wants Ricky to leave, but something about him draws Elliot closer. What Elliot doesn’t realize is that Ricky has the answer to his burning question.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMatt Kuvakos
    Release dateJul 31, 2016
    ISBN9780991183227
    Children Under the Stars
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    Matt Kuvakos

    Matt is twenty-seven years old and grew up in Chicago, Illinois the greatest city in the world. He now lives in the hottest place in the world Phoenix, Arizona with his beautiful wife, Julie. His first book, Addison's Mark was recently named the 2016 silver medalist (Young Adult Fiction) for the Illumination Book Awards. Besides writing, he loves his friends/family, awesome books, discovering unknown music, hiking, and cheering for the Chicago Bears, Blackhawks and Cubs. Another important part of his life is his relationship with Jesus. As a teenager, he never really knew who God was and eventually stopped caring about Him and himself. He searched for stability, and his identity by consuming himself in all the wrong things. Yet, God never stopped loving him through those dark stages in his life. He was a severely depressed twenty-one year old when he finally realized that in the deep darkness there is always a flicker of light waiting to be seen. Matt's flicker of light was through writing, and because of that he started his journey back to God.

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      Children Under the Stars - Matt Kuvakos

      Book Cover Photograph by Zach Papuga

      For my wife, Julie. Thank you for loving me.

      Philippians 4:13

      Children Under the Stars

      Elliot held a photo of his childhood house between his fingers. He tilted the picture within his grasp as if it would animate itself if he held it just right. He imagined the actual house shaking and moving off its foundation with the way he moved the picture. He traced the outline of the peaking, shingle covered roof with his finger, moving it to the white siding and dark brown brick.

      Never forget home. Elliot repeated the words that were written by his dad on the back of the photograph. He had given him the picture when Elliot moved away for college. He knew there was no place he wanted to be more than home; he just didn’t have any idea where that was, or what it meant to him anymore. Being alone was the only home he knew. Missoula, Montana gave him a job as a probation officer for two years, but does a job make a place a home?

      Elliot folded the picture in his lap and returned it to its place in the visor. He idled the truck’s engine from his usual spot at the back of Wendy’s parking lot. He switched on the radio, reclined his seat, and folded his hands behind his head – the same way he usually spent his lunch break on Mondays.

      Today is the memorial service for the Governor of Montana’s daughter, Avery Greenland. As most know, last week she was tragically killed by… A reporter’s stiff voice rang out from the truck’s speakers. Elliot reached for the dial and shut it off before shutting his green eyes off from the darkening world for a bit.

      He was a man who craved peace, something his job

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