The Making of Mace Stutzman is the saga of a boy who begins life paying a terrible price for the sins of his grandfather. His overbearing and grossly abusive mother suffers each day due to the sins of her father. Only ugly when Mace's beloved dad is not present, her influence on her son is exceedingly more powerful than her husband's. Her wrath and despising of him contort Mace into a shy, quiet, lonely introvert. Taught that laughing was a sinful waste of time, Mace must eventually carry his social and emotional ineptness into the adult world and try to achieve something of value. Will his dad's unconditional love be strong enough to override his emotional brutality and help him to become balanced and fulfilled? Or will his mother's abject cruelty invade every fiber of his being and corrupt every aspect of his soul?
The Making of Mace Stutzman is the saga of a boy who begins life paying a terrible price for the sins of his grandfather. His overbearing and grossly abusive mother suffers each day due to the sins of her father. Only ugly when Mace's beloved dad is not present, her influence on her son is exceedingly more powerful than her husband's. Her wrath and despising of him contort Mace into a shy, quiet, lonely introvert. Taught that laughing was a sinful waste of time, Mace must eventually carry his social and emotional ineptness into the adult world and try to achieve something of value. Will his dad's unconditional love be strong enough to override his emotional brutality and help him to become balanced and fulfilled? Or will his mother's abject cruelty invade every fiber of his being and corrupt every aspect of his soul?