TAMPA, Fla., March 18, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The natural instinct for all mothers is to protect their young. Sometimes no matter what they do, some mothers cannot save their children. He Belonged to Us (now available through 1stBooks Library) by Aurora Borealis is a cautionary tale about the perils of underage drinking.
Told by a mother, He Belonged to Us is the story of a lost youth. Borealis tells how she moved herself and her young son, then 12, to a north woods area of Northern Michigan to "escape from an environment where alcohol and getting drunk was accepted as the 'norm'." Unknowingly, the new area was even more prone to underage alcoholic consumption. They began their new lives with ease. Her son, Patrick, made numerous friends. His outgoing personality and involvement in athletics allowed him to meet many new people. He seemed poised on the road to success until one fateful night in the stupor of alcohol, the road blurred with horrible consequences. After tragedy strikes, the town only wants the mother to stay quiet and accept her loss, something a mother is unable to do.
Told with unflinching honesty and real emotion, Borealis allows the pain of her life bleed into the paper. The reader encounters a sharp sense of reality in the cautionary tale He Belonged to Us. It is a story of the human condition and how the mind and body deals with reality in the aftermath of a tragedy.
Aurora Borealis lives in Tampa, Fla. He Belonged to Us is her first book. It carries a special prayer with it. It is a "Silent Prayer to Jesus" that if this book should save one young life then "we have succeeded."
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