Walkin The Dog
The Tail That Wags the Dog
2007-03-15
LONGWOOD, FL-Life for the Demers family is no walk in the park. With the addition of a troublesome new neighbor to their quiet, idyllic town, their home becomes a prison and their lives a living hell. One night, the fight culminates with explosive results-the shooting of the family's neighbor, Steven Lee, by Darwin Demers. As the Demers family struggle to find the answer that will finally set them free, they dis-cover that though life isn't fair, it is a gift. Watch as Darwin Demers's true-life drama, Walkin' the Dog (paperback, 978-1-60034-991-1), unfolds through both trial and tribulation.
The turbulent events that take place in the story taught author Demers the meaning of love and forgive-ness, a lesson he is eager to share with readers. "This could have happened to you as easily as it did to me," says Demers. Born in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, he retired from a successful career with B.C. Telephone Company after 36 years. He then turned to writing, and in Walkin' the Dog he sets out to prove that God can take our failures and turn them into victory if we let Him. "Our heavenly Father loves us and demonstrates that love through forgiveness," says Demers. "We must learn to deal with and overcome trial and tribulation in this life."
The details of the trial, mistrial, and aftermath are candidly recounted by the author, who paints a realistic picture of life before the incident: Lee, as a man who pushed Demers into chronic depression, and De-mers himself as a man suffering from a disassociated state of mind. The slow build-up of trauma is recre-ated through the elaborate courtroom drama in painstaking detail.