Ollie Come Free

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Pub Date 07 Jun 2021 | Archive Date 15 Sep 2021

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Description

Ollie Buckmeyer is funny, popular, and lives an idyllic life with his family on one of the last cattle ranches in Southern California. But when he suffers a devastating brain injury, his wonderful world is shattered. Even though he still looks like the same old Ollie, his family mourns as if he had died, his friends don’t know him, and the girl he loves is gone. Everything that matters is taken from him…but something is also given: Ollie has an amazing new talent that might be powerful enough to rebuild his life.

Ollie Come Free is a sweeping family saga that explores love, betrayal, and the resilience of the human spirit. Plots and subplots abound—including a buried treasure that has confounded fortune hunters for 120 years—and are brought to life by a full cast of complex and fascinating characters. As Foreword Clarion says in their five star review, “Ollie Come Free is a surprising and rewarding page-turner.”

Ollie Buckmeyer is funny, popular, and lives an idyllic life with his family on one of the last cattle ranches in Southern California. But when he suffers a devastating brain injury, his wonderful...


Advance Praise

"Classified as a young adult book but perfect for all, Ollie Come Free is a surprising, rewarding page-turner. At its core, it is a novel about family, love, and the resilience of the human spirit. Its pacing and storytelling is well honed, and its deep dive into savant research, coupled with a search for buried treasure, are natural parts of its sweeping story." --Foreword Clarion Reviews

"Patrick has developed a truly original cast of characters, clearly elucidating their complex relationships, and creating an intriguing juxtaposition between Cody, a once-promising baseball player, and Ollie, who against all odds, flourishes...Patrick so skillfully sustains the dramatic tension that...they'll be sitting at the edge of their seats, turning pages." --Blue Ink Reviews

"A cattle ranching family faces the reverberations of trauma in Patrick's sensitive and engaging novel, a grounded exploration of recovery, resentment, and redemption...Readers interested in a realistic depiction of artistic savant experiences will find resonance in this atypical coming-of-age centered on a protagonist whose future is tied to a past that always calls him home." --BookLife Reviews

"Classified as a young adult book but perfect for all, Ollie Come Free is a surprising, rewarding page-turner. At its core, it is a novel about family, love, and the resilience of the human spirit...


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Ollie Come Free by Timothy Patrick was a very good read, beginning with Ollie, his brother Cody, mother Cathy and father Bob on a ranch where there is a rumor of gold, stolen years ago and hidden on the property.Bob desperately searches for the gold, which would put the family in a much better financial footing, and keep Bob from losing the ranch that has been in the family for years.An accident on the ball field changes everything in ways no one could foresee. This is a very honest novel of the frailties of egos and family dynamics and our perceived places in the world, where love and loyalty are tested. Ollie becomes an unassuming hero in more ways than one as he struggles to find a very precarious hold on his station in life, the same struggle his brother Cody has. I look forward to more from Timothy Patrick in the future.

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This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. I was able to connect with and see all the characters as if the story was based on a real family. The plot touches on multiple difficult subjects without sensationalizing them. I am very pleased to recommend this story not only to adults, but I believe even teens will find themselves enthralled with this tale.

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I loved this book. Such a great story. It made me laugh, cry and have all the feels. Look forward to more by this author.

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