Scars and Stars

About the book

At the post-funeral gathering of his great uncle Jack, six-year-old Austin Roberts found himself always getting in the way. Feeling frustrated and isolated, he decided to wander out onto the front porch where he discovered his great uncle Cat, Jack's brother, sitting alone with an old album on his lap. Ignoring everything else, the two of them began an unexpected conversation and embarked on a journey that would span nearly seven decades.

As Cat turned the pages of the album, he shared with young Austin the story behind each seemingly ordinary object, telling the tale of the Roberts brothers from years past. Starting with their humble beginnings being raised by a single mother in the rural river bottoms of Ohio, to the day they left home to serve in the Korean War, their capture and daring escape from a secret prisoner of war camp, and onwards to the lives they led upon returning home, the album revealed a narrative of courage and brotherhood that transcended all boundaries.