Dr. Lizzy Buckthorn completes her psychiatric residency at Stanford and begins her work at a large regional hospital in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Lizzy is a brilliant young doctor but new to the demands of a state hospital and the rural population it serves. She also happens to have lost an arm to cancer as a child and is subject to the prejudices of a community that is not used to a woman psychiatrist, much less a disabled one. Her patients include a priest who has lost his religious beliefs, an older couple that has lost sexual intimacy, and a mother who blames herself for the loss of her young girls in an auto accident. Her close friend also struggles with an unexpected pregnancy. With time and determination, Lizzy learns how to help patients achieve what Lizzy believes is most important: self-acceptance. Now she must deal with her most difficult and painful patient, a teenage boy, struggling to find himself under the domineering presence of his conservative minister father.

This book provides ideas for parents who want to teach their child about God but who want to do so consistently with the modern world and the discoveries of science. A central theme of Teaching Your Child about God is that "there are other ways to conceive of God besides the anthropomorphic being we learned about as children. Chapters in Teaching Your Child about God discuss survey data showing what children around the world believe about God. Other chapters address what Correia calls "thinking lessons," by which he means the rational side of religion, "loving lessons," by which he means the relationship between loving God and loving others, and "feeling lessons," the relationship between God and self-acceptance. Other chapters discuss the role of God in moral development, the role of prayer in a scientific world, and the special problems of children who have become addicted to drugs or alcohol. The book concludes with an Appendix that describes the major religions of the world in a clear, objective and readable way. Correia argues that such a reference guide can be helpful because: "Knowing the basics of what others believe helps us bridge the gap of misunderstanding that can create barriers between groups."

In "The George Washington Constellation," author Edward Correia portrays a young man, David Buckthorn, from rural Wyoming who suddenly finds himself a United States Senator. David Buckthorn is a young lawyer and newlywed whose life is forever altered when he rescues two children from the flaming wreck of a car accident. The incident makes David a hero, and the state Republican Party drafts him to run what they expect will be a losing race against a popular incumbent. Instead, David triumphs in an upset victory, making him Wyoming's newest senator. Out of his depth in hard-nosed politics, David will have to draw on his inner strength to survive Washington. By the end of his first term, his legislation is quashed by resentful colleagues and his re-election bid is threatened by a rival who targets his wife's most intimate history. In addition to these challenges, the young couple must deal with their four-year-old daughter's cancer. As David achieves fame and power, he is forced to realize that his own family and ethical values are far more important to him than political success. He relies for spiritual insights on his grandfather, a minister in a small Wyoming church. Political junkies will be intrigued at the novel's detailed depictions of what goes on behind closed doors in legislative deal-making, campaign advertising and fundraising. The book's vivid scenes are brought to life by Correia's insider experience in America's capital, where he served for years as a senior counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee and to an Ohio senator. The book's moral center and personal dramas will appeal to anyone who has been forced to choose between protecting loved ones and achieving fame and success.