53 pages 1 hour read

The One-In-A-Million Boy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

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Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death, child death, and mental illness.

Part 2: “Sunus (Sons)”

Part 2, Chapter 10 Summary

Quinn heads to Belle’s house to pay his self-imposed dues, and on the way, he gets a call from his friend in a Christian rock band, who asks Quinn to fill in for a bandmate on a short tour. Quinn agrees, knowing that the gig will pay well. He also wants to help the band members advance their careers.


Quinn arrives at Belle’s house and finds her sister, Amy, instead; Belle is supposedly napping. Amy is fraught with grief and is hesitant to have Quinn there, but she lets it slip that she and Belle are planning to sue the physician who prescribed the boy antipsychotics; they believe that the medication was the reason for his death. Quinn knows the physician in question because they once played music together, and the man even introduced Quinn to David Crosby. Quinn is also confused to learn that his son was taking both antipsychotics and antidepressants due to increasing anxiety and night terrors. In a moment of vulnerability, Amy admits that she only spent a total of 61 days with her nephew, and they realize that they have a shared sense of guilt.

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