The Old Man in the Hospital, a new eBook written as a tribute to healthcare workers is now FREE

DALLAS - April 7, 2017 - PRLog -- After serving 21 years in the Marines, Captain Van Allen now writes fiction and shares memoirs of his life experiences.

The Old Man in the Hospital is Van's inspirational yet unpretentious tribute to healthcare workers, nurses, and doctors...all the people who help keep us alive, help us heal and get stronger, help us live better, and help us recover when we haven't taken the best care of ourselves.

Van describes his book as: "Another short simple memoir from my life. In this very short story, I find myself stuck in the hospital, sharing a room with an irate and bitter old man. Location: Centennial Medical Center in Frisco, Texas. Warning...contains a few uses of profanity.

Sometimes horrible people come into your life to help you learn important lessons. This story describes my stay in the hospital. I talk about the old man I shared a treatment room with and what I learned after about a week's stay."

In an Amazon Review, A. Cardenas wrote:

"It isn't easy putting yourself in someone else's shoes. Especially when, for whatever reason, they aren't wearing any. We spend so much time asking about what comes after death we forget to focus on life. We forget life isn't about the next power play or the next big deal. Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts with us, Mr. Allen. We all need a reminder sometimes."

Jodi Picoult's Small Great Things, a highly praised and recommended breakthrough novel shares a similar spirit with The Old Man in the Hospital.

The Old Man in the Hospital is available now in paperback on Amazon.com and other online book retailers such as BN.com.

The eBook version is now available for FREE through eBook stores such as Amazon (Kindle), BN (Nook), iTunes (iBooks), and Smashwords.com.

Follow Van Allen on Twitter at @GrProject43X and visit his website at https://www.VanAllenFiction.com