Phoenix, AR – AUGUST 25, 2026 – Author Keith Taylor has released his new memoir, After Pattee: Working Toward a Dream That Stayed Out of Reach, a personal account of what happens when a carefully mapped-out future falls apart. Set in motion by an academic setback at Pennsylvania State University, the book follows a young man forced to rethink his plans for law school, his relationship with his family, and his sense of where he belongs.
Readers meet a narrator who once believed hard work and good intentions would carry him straight through college and into a legal career. When his grades take an unexpected hit, that plan unravels, and he finds himself leaving the familiar halls of Penn State’s Pattee Library for a new chapter in Los Angeles, near his father and stepmother. What follows is not a simple redemption story. It is a slower, more honest look at how a person rebuilds direction after disappointment, leaning on family, faith, and community along the way.
Taylor writes with the kind of detail that only comes from having lived it. His memoir does not shy away from the discomfort of falling short of expectations, nor does it rush past the small, ordinary moments that end up mattering most. Readers who have faced their own detours, whether in school, career, or family life, are likely to see pieces of their own story in his.
“I wanted to write the story I needed to read when I was young and unsure of what came next,” Taylor said. “Setbacks do not have to be endings. They can be the beginning of figuring out who you actually are.”
After Pattee speaks to anyone who has questioned a life plan that stopped working, and to anyone who has had to rely on faith and family to find solid ground again, it offers no easy answers, only an honest record of one man’s journey through failure toward something more lasting.
After Pattee is now available in print and digital formats wherever books are sold.
About the Author
Keith Taylor draws on his own experience navigating academic setbacks, family expectations, and a cross-country move to write with authenticity and care. After Pattee reflects his commitment to telling a true and unfiltered story about growth after disappointment.
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