Book description
Olivia Northman’s world shattered the day she lost her wife to a drunk driver. Three years later, she still struggles with grief and the demands of being a single parent to their autistic son, Ben. After her first attempt at a new relationship crumbles, Olivia retreats to the simple, the…
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1 author picked Beyond Any Experience as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a gorgeous and realistic sapphic romance that deals with grief and a person’s struggle to live again after loss in a way that had me shaking my head every few pages as it’s the author’s debut novel and is staggeringly well-written.
The two main characters are at very different places in their lives. One is a widow, raising her autistic son alone, with all the challenges that represents. The other is younger, more gregarious, and at first they seem an unlikely match. But the skilfully woven story pulls them slowly together in ways which are completely believable and…
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