Sam Harris publishes new book, "The Substance of All Things"
/Sand Springs native Sam Harris has added novelist to his long list of artistic endeavors. The actor, singer, and playwright published “The Substance of All Things” on Wednesday, which is now available in paperback from Amazon.com.
The book’s official description from Harris’s website reads:
“When Theo Dalton is six years old, his hands are irreparably damaged in a horrific car accident that takes his mother’s life. Six years later, during the sweltering summer of 1968 in rural Oklahoma, Theo meets Frank, a Native American outcast, and learns that he has the ability to heal through his disfigured hands.
As he explores the extraordinary, Theo desperately attempts to remain an ordinary boy. But when word of his gift spreads, Theo is shunned by the church for doing “the devil’s work.” He is immediately swept away by his Auntie Li, and into a world which ultimately threatens his life as he saves others’.
Told from Theo’s perspective some fifty years later, it is through his work as a therapist with a broken woman that he musters the courage to relive the summer that haunts him.
The Substance of All Things is the gripping, heart-wrenching, and often humorous tale of mentors and mothers and fathers, love and redemption, prophets and charlatans, miracles and faith.”
Harris is a Sand Springs, Oklahoma native who now resides in Los Angeles, California with his husband and son. Harris had his first big break in the entertainment industry in 1983 when he won the premiere season of Star Search. He signed with Motown Records and produced multiple Top 40 hits, including “Sugar Don’t Bite,” and “Over The Rainbow.”
Since first emerging as a singer, he has expanded his resume with appearances on Broadway, where he received a Tony nomination. He co-created the television series Down To Earth and had a recurring role on the hit sitcom Rules of Engagement.
In 2014 Harris authored Ham - Slices of a Life, a collection of autobiographical essays and stories which he then adapted into an Off-Off-Broadway one-man performance titled HAM: A Musical Memoir.
