The Prodigal's Brother: A Recovery Novel

And he was angry, and would not go in. — Luke 15:28. This is the story of the other son. The one who stayed. The one who did everything right — or thought he did — until the night he learned that staying home and being lost are not opposites. A 51-chapter novel about resentment, righteousness, and the quiet addiction of being the good one: holding the grudge, keeping the ledger, watching the door while your brother gets the welcome-home party. Told in Steven Lavoie's plainspoken voice, it is about what forgiveness actually costs — and who pays it. For the responsible ones, the reliable ones, the ones who never left and never forgave. Sometimes the farthest country is your own front porch. If you have ever stood outside the celebration, arms crossed, wondering why grace never seemed to come your way — this story is for you. And when you close the cover, you may find the porch does not look quite so far away.