“Redemption of the Shattered is the moving journey of the author as he recovers from the death of his father. Mr. Livingstone’s honest, first person portrayal of his emotions, combined with the Family “Discussion Questions, such as, ‘In the beginning of the chapter, Rob is so angry and out of control that he smacks his hand through a window. Have you ever had similar experiences?’ and ‘Rob at one point says he feels all alone. Have you ever had this experience?’ make this book an experience for teenagers and their parents to share. We first meet 15 year old Rob at his father’s funeral, and follow him through feelings of loss, fear, isolation, and guilt. He often felt that he had no one to talk to and had great difficulty in expressing his true feelings, so benefited from the non-verbal modality of sandtray therapy. We sees Rob’s courage as he first meets his internal demons, that lead to self-destruction, and then as he encounters the Voice of Wisdom, Gods and Goddesses and eventually his father. The healing that occurs reinforces the belief that in order to heal from past trauma, one needs to work through it by returning to the memory and the cellular experience of that trauma.”