Second Lives: A Novel

A deeply resonant novel delving into the complexities of grief, healing, and identity, following a foundering poet who returns from a writers retreat to find her husband and son dead.

Lenore, a critically-acclaimed poet whose latest collection tanked after a bad review, has spent much of the last year cooped up inside her house. After a tragic accident, which led to the death of her husband and son while she was away at a literary festival, she has chosen to live the remainder of her miserab...