Just because everyone else thinks you should be over your trauma and grief, doesn't mean you are.
Last year, Sarah's best friend Jamie died in a freak accident. Back then, everyone was sad; now they're ready for Sarah to get over it and move on. But Sarah's not ready to move on. She can't stop reliving what happened, struggling with guilt, questioning the meaning of life, and missing her best friend. Life just seems random: no pattern, no meaning, no rules—and no reason to bother.
In a last-ditch effort to pull it together, Sarah befriends Jamie's twin brother Emmett, who may be the only other person who understands what she's lost. And when she gets a job working for the local eccentric who owns a Christmas tree farm, she finally begins to understand the threads that connect us all, the benefit of giving people a chance, and the power of love.
Critically-acclaimed author J. J. Johnson offers a powerful look at the later stages of grief when the rest of the world has seemingly moved on.
About the Author
J.J. Johnson is an educator and author. She grew up in a small town in central New York and attended Binghamton University, where she began her ongoing social-justice activism.In her mid-20s, J. J. earned a Master of Education from Harvard University, concentrating on adolescent risk and prevention, with a focus on systems of oppression, harm repair, and social justice.She is the author of THIS GIRL IS DIFFERENT, THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, and BELIEVAREXIC (all from Peachtree Publishers). Her books have won numerous awards and have been translated into six languages. She writes on Substack at Notes from an Unruly Quaker.J.J. loves to meander, read, hike, dance, laugh, and eat. She is an academic support coach at a micro high school and is dedicated to radical compassion, literacy, nonviolence, and restorative justice. She lives with her husband, son, and rescued dog in Durham, North Carolina. There are lots of flowers and a Little Free Library in their front yard.
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