Open wounds

By Joe Lunievicz

Subjects: Fencing, Cousins, Fiction, Orphans, History, Amputees, Friendship

Description: After an abusive childhood in 1930s New York, Cedric Wymann, now orphaned, is taken in by a cousin suffering from mustard gas poisoning who becomes a father, helps him reconnect with friends, and finds him a fencing teacher, giving Cedric a means to avenge past wrongs and forge a better future.