The Reluctant Blogger by Ryan Rapier

The Reluctant Blogger
By Ryan Rapier

For an LDS man in his early 30s, Todd Landry couldn’t have been more stereotypical. He had the perfect family with more children than the national average; a heritage replete with pioneer ancestry; and a house in Gilbert, Ariz.—a Mormon stronghold in the southwestern United States. But nine months ago, on a night that continues to haunt his dreams, Todd’s wife died unexpectedly—and suddenly everything changed.

Now, Todd is seeing Dr. Melvin Schenk, a psychiatrist not of Todd’s faith who requires his patient to blog regularly as a way to escape crippling depression and an aversion to therapy. Through his blog posts, Todd reveals his ugly reentry into the world of dating, the overwhelming odds he faces as a newly-minted single parent, and the uncomfortable realization that the life he enjoyed was not as picture perfect as he thought it to be. With the clarity that his blogging therapy provides, Todd must now decide whether a new chance at happiness is worth alienating his overly traditional father, his emotionally threatened daughter, or both.

“‘The Reluctant Blogger’ is about people. Real people with real problems searching for acceptance while learning to accept others in the process,” said Rapier.

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About Mormon Author Ryan Rapier
Ryan Rapier is a graduate of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and “The Reluctant Blogger” is his debut novel. Ryan is an Arizona native, who enjoys spending time with his wife and four children, golfing year round and hours of uninterrupted reading in a well air-conditioned environment when Arizona temperatures reach triple digits.