Life without Summer by Lynne Griffin
"Life Without Summer" deftly weaves together the lives of Tessa, a young mother who has just lost her four-year-old daughter in a hit-and-run accident outside her preschool, and Celia, the grief counselor who tries to help her put her life back together. Once the picture of domestic bliss, Tessa now grapples with the terrible emptiness left by her daughter's absence, made worse by the police's insistence that the case is unsolvable. As Celia struggles to keep Tessa from getting caught up in a bleak crusade for answers, she finds that their sessions open the door to emotions she's spent years ignoring, forcing her to face the rising tensions in her own life - her troubled teenage son, her alcoholic ex-husband, and her fragile new marriage. Celia soon finds that she must come to terms with the tragic mistakes of her own past and the choices that have led her family to the brink of destruction. Told in two voices, this novel is a haunting portrait of two women whose lives begin to converge unexpectedly when the answers one needs turn out to be the other's only chance for peace. "Life Without Summer" illuminates what can happen to one's self-identity and love relationships in the wake of tragedy. Each woman's intensely personal journey reverberates with universal themes about the connections between love, marriage, truth, and forgiveness that no reader will forget.
LYNNE GRIFFIN is an acclaimed novelist and a nationally recognized expert on family life. She is the author of the novels, SEA ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster, 2010) and LIFE WITHOUT SUMMER (St. Martin's Press, 2009). Her third novel GIRL SENT AWAY (SixOneSeven Books) will be published in November 2015.Lynne is also the author of the nonfiction guides LET'S TALK ABOUT IT: ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH (SixOneSeven Books) and NEGOTIATION GENERATION (Penguin, 2007).Lynne teaches family studies at the graduate level at Wheelock College, and fiction writing at GrubStreet Writers. In partnership with GrubStreet, she facilitates the program for soon-to-be-published writers called Launch Lab.She's written short fiction, essays, and health, education, and parenting pieces for Salon, the Boston Globe, Brain, Child, Parenting Magazine, Scholastic Parent & Child, The Writer Magazine, Psychology Today, and more.Lynne blogs for LitChat.com and PsychologyToday.com. To learn more about Lynne's work visit, http: //www.LynneGriffin.com or follow her at https: //twitter.com/Lynne_Griffin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780312383886 |
| ISBN 10 | 0312383886 |
| Title | Life without Summer |
| Author | Lynne Griffin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
| Year published | 2009-04-14 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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