1304 Rothwell

About the Book

Survival and connection, the two foremost basic instincts for a child’s development have already been dashed against the rocks of despair of eight year old Eli Dawsons’ life from the cruel and abusive acts of his father and grandmother. Complicating his emotional and physical gauntlet is the need to protect his younger sister who suffers from his same plight while enduring constant bullying from school to his fathers’ business, adding to his feelings of shame, fear and worthless self esteem. Eventually he is rescued by a loving couple but have they acted in time? In a tale progressing from toxicity and abuse to friendships, love and direction, he still hears the haunting diatribes and actions from his past forcing him to choose between trust or skepticism, repeating the cycle or breaking it, friendships or solitarity, love or loneliness, hate or benevolence, to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves or ignoring their injustice, and ultimately whether he will sacrifice his life for another.

About the Author

Waylon Boatwright is a native Texan, an avid outdoorsman, and a man of faith who has lived life in the gut wrenching trenches of abuse, familial toxicity, betrayal, and violence, prompting him to write his first novel, 1304 Rothwell, a fiction based on a true story. Though no literary writings have preceded this work, life has forged hard lessons from harrowing and horrific events that must be told in hopes that society for the future can spare the emotional and physical scaring of the most delicate and vulnerable of our race. Mr. Boatwright holds dual degrees in medical business as well as agriculture while still living behind the pine curtain of East Texas with his family and boon companions.