First, we mourn our lost loved ones and then we mourn the loss of our loved ones. In a tragic Christmas day car accident, Noah Saxon loses his wife and daughter, thirteen-year-old Samantha Bragg loses her best friend, and Willie Bragg begins to lose his daughter and his best friend as anger and guilt begin to take over their lives. Also complicating the situation is a gravely injured Golden Retriever puppy that was a Christmas gift from Noah to his daughter that due to circumstance, Samantha inherits. The three find themselves ill equipped to handle the seismic change that has come into their lives. Samantha's and Noah's lives spiral out of control and the two have continual confrontations, testing Willie's loyalties as he vainly tries to save each of them from themselves and each other until it all comes to a head the following Christmas. In Just One Moment examines the chaos that an accident brings to the lives of ordinary people and ultimately seeks to answer whether a man that loses everything including hope can find redemption and if an anger-filled girl can learn forgiveness.
Author
Duane Boehm grew up on a farm outside of Petersburg, Illinois. All the time spent driving a tractor gave him plenty of opportunity to let his imagination run wild and not tear up too much equipment. The two passions he developed early in life were the love of playing guitar and reading books. He eventually moved to a mini-farm outside of Murfreesboro, Tennessee with his wife and replaced planting corn with trees and raising dogs. For a number of years he worked as an IT consultant and continued with being a part-time musician and songwriter. He dabbled in writing short stories with the idea in the back of his mind that someday he would write a novel. One Christmas after watching "A Christmas Carol", he was inspired to begin his journey as a novelist.
