Life Without Summer : A Novel

Life Without Summer tells the story of Tessa, a mother who has just lost her four-year-old daughter in a hit-and-run accident and the grief counselor, Celia, who tries to help her to put her life back together. When their lives begin to intersect in powerful and unexpected ways, they discover that the answers one needs might be the other's only chance for peace. Each woman's intensely personal journey reverberates with universal themes about the connections between love, marriage, truth, and forgiveness that no reader will forget. When Tessa Grayαs four-year-old daughter, Abby, is killed by a hit and run driver, there are no witnesses. From first meeting, Tessa distrusts the detective assigned to the case and, with her journalism background and ties to newspapers in nearby Boston, she begins to dig for her own answers to the identity of Abbyαs killer. Meanwhile, she vents her grief with Celia, a compassionate but reserved therapist. Celiaαs story, with its tragic undertones, unfolds parallel to Tessaαs: Celia has a second marriage, a secretive teenage son and an ex-husband who makes her current family circle impossibly tense. At the office, Celia is practical and pulled together, but her home life buzzes with strife. Outside therapy, Celiaαs and Tessaαs narratives remain separate until they shockingly intersect and lead the way to hard-won healing for both. --from publisher's website Life Without Summer Tells The Story Of Tessa, A Mother Who Has Just Lost Her Four-year-old Daughter In A Hit-and-run Accident And The Grief Counselor, Celia, Who Tries To Help Her To Put Her Life Back Together. When Their Lives Begin To Intersect In Powerful And Unexpected Ways, They Discover That The Answers One Needs Might Be The Other's Only Chance For Peace. Lynne Griffin. Tessa is a young mother who has just lost her four-year-old daughter in a hit-and-run accident outside her preschool, and Celia, a grief counselor tries to help her put her life back together. 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.