Benjamin: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves. - Paperback

by Aaron Powell (Author)

The harsh winter and great outdoors of upstate New York provide Benjamin with the only solace from an otherwise agonizing existence. His mother's abusive alcoholic boyfriend, the bully on the bus, and a Math teacher who pays a little too much attention to schoolboys are slowly chipping away at his dignity and feelings of self-worth. Benjamin clings to any sense of normalcy, until a series of escalating events drives him to the very edge of suicide. He begs God for help-a divine intervention-but his prayers go unanswered until he has an epiphany: God helps those who help themselves.

Author Biography

Aaron Powell served as a marine during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2003 with a BA in criminal justice and a psychology minor. He also completed a second BA in business administration at Ashford University, where he graduated with distinction in 2011. Aaron Powell is a prolific writer, an avid reader, and is an active marksman. Aaron and his wife and sons live near Austin, Texas.