From the New York Times bestselling author of The Descendants—a funny, insightful, and unsentimental People, 4 stars novel about a grieving mother and the shocking surprise that may help her reclaim her hold on life. In the idyllic ski town of Breckenridge, Colorado, Sarah St. John is reeling. Three months ago, her twenty-two-year-old son, Cully, died in an avalanche. Sarahs father, a retiree, tries to distract her from her grief with gadgets from the home shopping channel. Sarahs best friend offers life advice by venting details of her own messy divorce. Even Cullys father reemerges, stirring more emotions and confusion than Sarah needs. But Sarah feels she is facing the stages of grief—the anger, the sadness, the letting go—alone she desperately wants to hear the swoosh of her sons ski pants, or watch him skateboard past her window.
