First published 2012
Teresa is a single mother of two when she receives the devastating news: terminal cancer at just 38. As she and her children Claire and Joshua confront her mortality, their once-tight family begins to unravel. Strayed paints an intimate portrait of grief, forgiveness, and the fragile resilience needed to carry on after unimaginable loss. This tender, character-driven story explores the raw emotions that threaten to tear the family apart, even as they desperately try to stay together.
Genres: literary-fiction, adventure, contemporary, memoir
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: overcoming-adversity, personal-journey
322 pages · Hardcover · Houghton Mifflin
Content warnings: addiction, mental-illness