Texting and Driving? A New USA Today Bestselling Novel Looks to Save Lives by Making Teens Think Twice
Mar 2, 2020
NEW YORK, March 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Distracted driving kills more than 3,000 people a year, a number author Dr. Glenn Vo hopes to see drop thanks to his new bestselling novel. Morgan James Publishing's newest USA Today bestselling novel, 2612 Cherryhill Lane, addresses the serious consequences of texting and driving through the heartbreaking story of Jonathan McCalister, a distracted driver.
Dr. Glenn Vo is a practicing dentist in Texas who wrote 2612 Cherryhill Lane in his spare hours between treating patients. He created this story with the goal of addressing the issue of texting and driving directly.
2612 Cherryhill Lane focuses on the moment when Jonathan, a Texas high school football star, replies to a text while driving with his sister Gabby. With a simple tap of his fingertip, he makes a fatal move, one that leads to complex and lifelong consequences.
"As he stared out at the pond, the painful memory of the accident returned... the headlights growing brighter and brighter," writes Dr. Vo in 2612 Cherryhill Lane. "The horn blaring. The deafening sound of metal crunching as the car wrapped around the oak tree at 2612 Cherryhill Lane. He felt guilty about it every day and had learned to stifle the memory into the depths of his mind. He tried not to think about Gabby but he remembered her sweet, smiling face every time he looked down at his amputated legs. They were a constant reminder that he ruined his football career, took his little sister's life, and destroyed his relationship with his dad, all because he couldn't refrain from texting Lacey back after she sent him that picture."
Dr. Glenn Vo is a practicing dentist in Texas who wrote 2612 Cherryhill Lane in his spare hours between treating patients. He created this story with the goal of addressing the issue of texting and driving directly. "This story has been in my head and heart for about eight years," says Dr. Vo, who confesses to having glanced at a text while driving his pregnant wife, Susan, to the movies one night, nearly colliding with a semi-truck. "We were stunned, and my wife was really scared. At that moment, I became totally against texting and driving. We were about to have our first child. It became so important to put that message into the book."
While writing 2612 Cherryhill Lane, Dr. Vo created and promoted a Facebook page about the book and message, which attracted more than 15,000 followers months before Morgan James Publishing released the novel. Crafted with a careful sense of controversial subject matter, 2612 Cherryhill Lane has already hit the USA Today bestseller list, inspiring drivers to stash their smartphones before getting behind the wheel. Rarely has the work of a first-time author—and a full-time dentist—earned so much pre-publication buzz, positioning it as a must-read tale for 2020.
For more information about 2612 Cherryhill Lane or to schedule an interview with Dr. Glenn Vo, please call Nickcole Watkins at 516.900.5674
About the Author:
Dr. Glenn Vo is the founder of Nifty Thrifty Dentists, a social media platform for dental professionals, and the co-founder of the online informational platform and app Dental Hub 360. He is also an owner and practicing dentist in a large Texas group practice, Denton Smiles Dentistry, which has been serving the greater Denton area since 2009. Glenn lectures around the country on dental overhead management as well as social media strategies for dental corporations. He also coaches dental professionals on how to grow their business through social media. Glenn currently lives in the Dallas/Fort Worth area with his wife, Dr. Susan Tran, and their two young children. 2612 Cherryhill Lane is his first novel.
More About This Title:
2162 Cherryhill Lane by Dr. Glenn Vo will be released by Morgan James Publishing on August 4, 2020. 2162 Cherryhill Lane—ISBN 9781642798425—has 258 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $17.95.
The book is available for pre-order on Amazon, found here: https://www.amazon.com/2612-Cherryhill-Lane-Glenn-Vo/dp/1642798428
Media Contact:
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