New Novel Dramatically Explores the Deadly Role of Fate for One Dysfunctional Family

By: Robert Diamond Jul. 18, 2018

LONG ISLAND, N.Y., July 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ We can't choose what we're born into nor can we easily shake fate off our tail, but can we rise above our circumstances or muster the courage to do what's right even when everyone around us seems compromised, victimized, or the perpetrator of violence and criminality?

This is the primary dilemma explored in a dramatic novel that serves the reader both an entertaining exploration into the depths of morally-lacking individuals and a psychological profile of how tarnished or victimized individuals struggle to fight off the nagging clutches of destiny.

The Misbirth., by David Moffatt (Beach House Books, 2018, Trade Paper, 394 pages; ISBN: 9781596301030), opens up in 1952 where a high school blind date leads to an unexpected pregnancy and a shot-gun wedding. That one incident and series of events triggers decades worth of legal breaches, ethical lapses, sexual violence, and murder, plaguing not only the unhappy couple but several more generations of family members and those they come in contact with.

Though the book features many fireworks-worthy moments, it largely spotlights a coming-of-age story of a 16-year-old student on a wrestling scholarship at a prestigious prep school. It stirs the reader to have to confront the rage and ego boys experience during those vulnerable high school years where their bodies turn to those of men but their thinking and judgment is not as evolved.

Moffatt, whose debut novel in 2013 was Beltway Justice; A Tale of Political Cruelty, identifies some personal connection with the characters in his book. For one, there's a despicable father, Chester White, who lives a violent, angry, and tortured life. Moffatt drew part of him from his own dad, whom he never spoke to after he turned 15.

"The Misbirth was specifically crafted to provide a uniquely provocative and entertaining reading experience for a great swath of the reading public," says Moffatt. "Its theme is fate. Think about it. Who amongst us has not found themselves dutifully walking down the pathway of life, minding their own business, and obeying all the rules when suddenly, through no fault or action on their part, find themselves confronted with circumstances, people, and events that forever change their lives? Not many."

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