Wish by Jake Smith is a heartwarming contemporary/literary fiction family drama novel about a boy with cancer who wishes to see his father play with a major league baseball team and the father who tries to live up to his son's dream, free courtesy of Christian publisher Tyndale House.
Currently free @
B&N,
Kobo (not available to Canadians), and
Christian Book (ADE-DRM ePub available in select countries). Will probably show up at
Amazon (linkage for your price-drop check convenience) at some point, but Tyndale's been a bit experimental with the distribution of their recent freebies, so sometimes they do, sometimes they don't.
Description
James McConnell’s one wish is that his nine-year-old son will finally be healthy enough to play a game of catch. Then he and his wife, Emily, receive news they’ve dreaded: Aaron’s cancer has relapsed.
As the family steels themselves for a draining treatment regimen in yet another hospital, Aaron receives the gift of a lifetime—a personal visit from one of his favorite professional baseball players—and the chance to make a bold request, his wish: to see his dad play in one major league game.
A former college standout, James fears he doesn’t have the talent it takes, even for one game, and that he’ll miss what could be Aaron’s precious last weeks. Yet how can he refuse his dying son’s wish?
Poignant and triumphant, Wish is the story of a father’s love, a family’s perseverance, and the miracles that can happen when you believe in the impossible.