His buried memories perpetuate a cycle of violence. But survival means facing the one thing he’s desperate to forget…Substitute teacher Ricky Johnson prefers to ignore his broken childhood. But when his mother’s death reawakens the mental monsters that have followed him for fifteen years, he worries that his suppressed anger is growing dangerous. And after a drunken fight, he resolves it’s time to make some radical changes and seek real help.Fearing he’s one misstep away from disaster, Ricky cautiously joins a gym in search of a safe outlet for his bottled-up feelings. But even as he regains confidence in himself through weight-loss and therapy, the terrifying events of that fateful day continue to haunt his mind. Will confronting the forgotten actions from the worst moment of his life be Ricky’s destruction or his redemption? August 15th, 2003 is the compelling first book in the Suffering in Silence series. If you like dark emotional journeys, complex characters, and stories of overcoming trauma, then you’ll love Caleb Harris’s searing tale.