Secret of Little Bear Creek

Hannah Bradley watches her father lowered into the earth, her family at her side. She tries to find some sadness for her loss, but cannot. None of her three brothers are moved either. Something was terribly wrong with their upbringing. What follows is a heart-wrenching evolution while she struggles with their past, a tumultuous present, and a desperate future. To find herself, she must journey to Alabama in search of the roots of her father's unspoken history. What she discovers forces her to face her own demons and a soul-releasing revelation deep in a dark family legacy. Praise for Little Bear Creek: Don Houts - Men Reading Book Blog Review: "Secret of Little Bear Creek: As inferred by the title, it's the three-generational story of pain and escape. After a dramatic incident, Hannah Bradley attempts to track her family history as a means of understanding. Her therapist suggests she take a journey to discover her family's origins . To find out why her Grandfather abruptly moved the family to Michigan, then her father migrating to California, completely cutting himself off from the family he left behind. As a psychiatrist, I thought this story captured exactly what I do with patients during a psychic archaeological dig. The goal is not to find someone to blame, but to see patterns in the past so those patterns can be recognized in the present – and then managed differently. Matthews's insights are remarkable!"