Shadowdad: When Is Life Not Worth Living?

Shadowdad is a true story of a son's quest for understanding, a loving tribute to his father, and a chronicle of the bad end to a good life.

Hit by successive strokes, Holly Watrous is robbed of both his dignity and his abilities. He reacts by becoming abusive toward those he loves and who love him.

His condition worsens, but he does not die. Instead, he lingers on in continual pain and perpetual despondency. His doctors take extraordinary measures to keep him alive, despite his living wills instructions to the contrary.

All the doctors except one. Behind closed doors and in hushed tones, a doctor offers a possible solutiona solution considered immoral by many, and illegal according to the law. Family hearts are torn as they try to balance what Holly wants with what they are capable of doing in the name of mercy.

In the epilogue, Watrous delves into the issue of assisted suicide. His thoughts, born of firsthand experience, will prove to be of immense value to many readers.

Shadowdad is a book that deserves to be read, discussed...and debated.