Book description
When David Herron-overwhelmed and despairing, his family's business and finances in ruin due to the bursting lending bubble of 2008-takes his own life one chilly spring morning, he has no idea the ripple effect his decision will set into motion.
Two years later, his widow, Jules, is now an employee…
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This beautifully written book would have captivated me even if it hadn’t spoken to my own experience grieving the loss of a family member.
I usually enjoy audiobooks only on car trips, but with this one, I kept listening until the story was over. And then I wanted to stay with the characters. Thematically, it represents a time in recent history that I don’t find addressed much in fiction, the 2007/8 financial crisis, which had a significant fallout for so many people.
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