When Mom Came to Visit

A fictional novel about a middle-aged single mother from Boston who becomes a homeless victim of the changes brought about by Covid-19. Estranged from her wealthy mother and destitute, Catherine by chance sees an ad posted by a community in the Berkshires offering free food and lodgings in exchange for work in a modern monastic setting banning firearms, drugs and hard alcohol. She and her teenaged son take a chance to leave the outer world behind and to adhere to the community governed by AI and wise Elders. To their great surprise, through new friends they end their solitude and find the experience to be an uplifting, life-changing, spiritual revelation. A mysterious figure called Charles gives lectures explaining the reasons for the human experience and what happens to us when we die. After many years Catherine’s wealthy mother reaches out to her because she is diagnosed with cancer. They renew their bond of love until her passing. An added twist to the plot is the introduction of Isaac, a humanoid robot hailing from Boston warning the community to prepare for a planetary political crisis involving the world’s nuclear powers. A coordinated preemptive strike is attempted by the communist and totalitarian axis against the West, which is foiled by the extraterrestrial space brothers. The botched attack exposes the bankruptcy of communist ideology and their spectre of fear opening up the way for the liberation of all oppressed people around the world. These great political changes usher in a new age of peace and harmony based on love as predicted by the Book of Revelations.