Stars in the Grass
by Ann Marie Stewart is the story of nine year old Abby McAndrews and her
family. While on vacation in the summer of 1970, the family suffers a
devastating loss which lives the family scrambling to learn to live in this new
life. Her mother, Renee, seems determine to grieve and move on. Her father,
John, seems stuck in that moment and refuses to return to his life and job as
before. Her older brother, Matt, begins down a destructive path. And Abby is
trying to makes sense of everything around her as well as process her own grief
and sense of guilt. Told in a year’s time, the family goes through the holidays
and community events trying to live life as before. With each passing day, the
family tensions grow more and more until the threat of explosion is imminent.
Can the family come together and heal? Or will they be torn apart by their
grief?
Stars in the Grass
is a story of grief and healing. Even though it takes place in 1970/1971, the
story could easily happen today. The different responses to grief are very real
and the pain seems to leap off the page straight to the reader’s heart. The
reader will ache with the Renee, John, Matt and Abby as they try to make sense
of what happen. The reader will cry tears of sadness with the family and they
will laugh with them as they seem to come to grips with their new reality. I
recommend Stars in the Grass as a
story of grief and healing in the face of unspeakable tragedy and how those
around you can help you heal.
Stars in the Grass
is available today
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paperback and on Kindle
and
on Barnes and Noble
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