First published 2006
Ronnie Cappadora faces an unthinkable loss when violence shatters her family. The tragedy forces her to confront questions about faith, forgiveness, and justice that she never imagined she would face. As Ronnie navigates the aftermath, she must find a way to hold her remaining family together while grappling with her own grief and anger. The weight of what happened threatens to destroy everything she once believed about the world and her place in it. Her journey becomes one of discovering whether healing is possible after the worst imaginable circumstances, and what it truly means to find hope when darkness seems absolute. This is a story about a mother's fierce love, the complexity of human resilience, and the painful process of learning to live again after loss.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: family-drama, grief, resilience
317 pages · Paperback · Warner
Content warnings: violence