Kevin Rayner: The Choice That Saved His Life and Changed His Family

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Author Kevin Rayner joins fellow Gary, Indiana native CJ Moneyway to discuss the city that shaped them both and the decision that changed Kevin’s life. Kevin describes a dangerous confrontation during his youth and his mother’s choice to send him to Minnesota. Looking back, he believes she protected his future. Writing about the move also made him face the years with family he missed. Kevin wrote The Flight of a Home Town Son so younger readers could know the community he remembers and understand the consequences of the choices he made. He and CJ discuss survival, family, the responsibility of telling a hometown story and why Kevin shares his publishing experience with other aspiring…