Wild Counselor is a gripping, honest memoir in which Finucan recounts the childhood summer that defined him as he watched his father fall from status of prominent attorney to homeless man sleeping in the parks and struggling with a mental breakdown. Jim Finucan hopes this work will aid in allowing people to see the homeless and broken as someone's dad, brother, son, daughter or friend. A portion of the royalties of this project will go toward supporting a homeless shelter in Merrill, Wisconsin.