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While driving south on interstate 95, James Scala comes upon a tragic accident and is compelled to stop. Amidst the confusion of the accident aftermath and the frantic efforts of the emergency workers, he manges to wander over to the victims and finds himself at the side of a young boy, now orphaned by a drunk driver. Overcome with compassion, James unconsciously reaches out and grasps the child’s broken leg. Later, when both James and the boy are brought via medi-vac to the hospital, doctors are confronted with something beyond the limits of medical explanation. As news of the “incident” in Maryland spreads throughout the globe, James and his family are thrust into a very public, and sometime ugly, debate about what has happened. The family’s past in southeastern Poland during the holocaust and the Communist occupation, as well as possible links with the Polish Pope, John Paul II, help to enflame the controversy. “Touch” culminates with a visit to Maryland by the Pope, which adds to the personal struggle of the characters in “Touch,” and just perhaps, the readers’, too.
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About the Author: |
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David Engel served in the Defense Attaché Office, United States Embassy, Warsaw from 1988 to 1991, during a time of great change and the fall of communism. He remained in Poland after leaving government service, working in private business in the newly emerging free market Polish economy. Today, in addition to writing, he is active in youth sports, but mostly a busy father of four. David Engel lives in Millersville, Maryland, with his wife Kae and their four children, Miles, Caitlin, Andrew and Izabela.
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