Dear Edward
Twelve-year-old Edward Adler survives a plane crash that kills his family, then learns how to live with grief, letters, and love.
2,903-word summary · 13 min read
Tag: grief
152 books with this tag.
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Bag of Bones
A blocked novelist returns to his Maine lake house after his wife dies and faces a custody fight and old ghosts.
2,616-word summary · 12 min read
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
A grieving bird researcher hosts a strange child who claims to be alien in an Illinois cabin.
1,910-word summary · 8 min read
When He Was Wicked
Widowed Francesca Bridgerton falls for her late husband cousin Michael, who loved her silently for years.
2,055-word summary · 9 min read
Us Against You
Beartown fights Hed for players and pride after scandal, and loyalty costs more the second year.
2,133-word summary · 9 min read
The Truth About Forever
A grieving teen trades a dull library summer for catering work and learns to let people in again.
2,088-word summary · 9 min read
The Things We Leave Unfinished
Georgia Stanton and Noah Harrison finish Scarlett's last novel while her WWII romance with pilot Jameson unfolds in letters. A dual timeline story of grief,…
2,565-word summary · 11 min read
The Immortalists
Four siblings visit a fortune teller in 1969 who tells each their death date, shaping how they live and love.
2,007-word summary · 9 min read
Still Me
Lou spends a year in New York working for the Gopniks, torn between Josh, distant Sam, and the life she wants.
2,939-word summary · 13 min read
Night Road
A crash on graduation night kills Mia Farraday and sends her friend Lexi to prison. Years later, mother Jude must face blame and grief to reach forgiveness.
2,969-word summary · 13 min read
In Her Shoes
Philadelphia lawyer Rose takes in her wayward sister Maggie until a betrayal splits them, sending both toward their long-lost grandmother in Florida.
2,781-word summary · 12 min read
Wish You Were Here
Diana goes to the Galapagos alone when Covid keeps her boyfriend in New York, and being stranded there forces her to rethink her job and relationship.
2,178-word summary · 10 min read
When We Believed in Mermaids
ER doctor Kit flies to New Zealand when fire victim may be sister Josie.
2,020-word summary · 9 min read
The Summer of Broken Rules
Meredith plays Assassin at Vineyard wedding a year after sister Claire died.
2,288-word summary · 10 min read
The Other Hand
Nigerian Little Bee leaves detention after two years and reunites with Sarah O'Rourke, linked by a violent beach meeting in Nigeria.
2,385-word summary · 11 min read
One Italian Summer
Grieving Katy meets her mother Carol at 30 in Positano and learns to see her as a young woman with wishes of her own.
2,399-word summary · 11 min read
My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises
Seven-year-old Elsa loses her granny and best friend, then delivers apology letters to neighbours while holding onto fairy tales of Miamas and the Land of…
2,311-word summary · 10 min read
Message in a Bottle
A divorced mother finds a grieving widower's letter and seeks him in North Carolina.
2,113-word summary · 9 min read
Five Feet Apart
Two teens with CF fall in love where six feet keeps alive and five tempts.
2,214-word summary · 10 min read
Under the Whispering Door
Workaholic Wallace dies and must learn tea, apology, and love before crossing the upstairs door.
2,031-word summary · 9 min read
The Year of Magical Thinking
After sudden loss at dinner, Didion records the year mind keeps expecting return.
2,031-word summary · 9 min read
Point of Retreat
Will and Layken keep love and two brothers together through bills, jealousy, and a pregnancy scare.
2,037-word summary · 9 min read
Where She Went
Three years after the crash, rock star Adam Wilde spends one night in New York facing Mia and their breakup.
2,942-word summary · 13 min read
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
A widowed bookseller on Alice Island adopts abandoned toddler Maya, rebuilds Island Books, and finds love with sales rep Amelia before illness closes in.
2,972-word summary · 13 min read