内容简介：
Trying to Understand is a fictional depiction of a manas life journey from birth to retirement. It is the literary stage for an interesting unfolding of a personas life. It describes what begins as a common, simple life on a ranch in northwestern Montana and unravels the truth of hidden emotions, dark family secrets, and the ultimate revelation of a hidden and taboo relationship. Trying to Understand takes the reader through the journey of a man who was always seeking acceptance, affirmation and love. In this story, loyalty and secrecy abound and the main character charts his own course, seeking and atrying to understanda the answers at each and every turn. Whether as a young child losing his first girlfriend or as a Marine seeking answers to horrific tragedies, the character plays out each role as the typical agood son.a