Beyond The Cover with special guest Robert Dugoni
b'Robert Dugoni\'s book "The Extraordinary life of Sam Hell" was just named the 2018 Crimson Scribe Award Winner. That is the highest honor Suspense Magazine can give to any book which is why only one book per year recieves this award. He will join us to talk about the book and much more\\n\\nAbout the book:\\xa0\\xa0Wall Street Journal\\xa0and\\xa0New York Times\\xa0bestselling author Robert Dugoni\\u2019s coming-of-age story is, according to\\xa0Booklist, \\u201ca novel that, if it doesn\\u2019t cross entirely over into John Irving territory, certainly nestles in close to the border.\\u201d\\n\\nSam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called \\u201cDevil Boy\\u201d or Sam \\u201cHell\\u201d by his classmates; \\u201cGod\\u2019s will\\u201d is what his mother called his ocular albinism. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam persevered, buoyed by his mother\\u2019s devout faith, his father\\u2019s practical wisdom, and his two other misfit friends.\\n\\nSam believed it was God who sent Ernie Cantwell, the only African American kid in his class, to be the friend he so desperately needed. And that it was God\\u2019s idea for Mickie Kennedy to storm into Our Lady of Mercy like a tornado, uprooting every rule Sam had been taught about boys and girls.\\n\\nForty years later, Sam, a small-town eye doctor, is no longer certain anything was by design\\u2014especially not the tragedy that caused him to turn his back on his friends, his hometown, and the life he\\u2019d always known. Running from the pain, eyes closed, served little purpose. Now, as he looks back on his life, Sam embarks on a journey that will take him halfway around the world. This time, his eyes are wide open\\u2014bringing into clear view what changed him, defined him, and made him so afraid, until he can finally see what truly matters.'