‘The Son God Gave Me’

Screenwriter and activist Lindz Amer called helping develop the character “a bucket list item.”

Tommy scored a touchdown at football practice. The opponent was someone else’s mom.

The Hometown Hero wants you to know: “One day everyone is going to be older and will realize the resources I’m fighting for are important.”

What saved me? Therapy and community.

“It’s become a laughingstock…. and that’s the last thing we want,” a local resident said.

The group also tries to raise people from the dead and re-grow lost limbs through prayer.

She also says she complained about a crew member’s racist t-shirts but was told there was nothing anyone could do.

The Hometown Hero said that she sees her “face in every single one of them struggling to try and be their authentic selves.”

Award-winning journalist Katie Barnes takes on science, policy, and empathy in a new book.