A Little Hope

In a small Connecticut town, the residents face the things we all face: illness, loss, grief. But also: love, devotion, second chances, and yes, hope.
This book has a bit of a Love, Actually feel, with less comedy–small snippets of people moving through their lives, grappling with the past while trying to move forward and find connections. It was a little slow, but by the end I cared about all of the characters and enjoyed this quiet read.
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Publisher’s Description
In the small city of Wharton, Connecticut, lives are beginning to unravel. A husband betrays his wife. A son struggles with addiction. A widow misses her late spouse. At the heart of these interlinking stories is one couple: Freddie and Greg Tyler.
Greg has just been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a brutal form of cancer. He intends to handle this the way he has faced everything else: through grit and determination. But can Greg successfully overcome his illness? How will Freddie and their daughter cope if he doesn’t? How do the other residents of Wharton learn to live with loss, and find happiness again?
An emotionally powerful debut that immerses the reader into a community of friends, family, and neighbors, A Little Hope celebrates the importance of small moments of connection and the ways that love and forgiveness can help us survive even the most difficult of life’s challenges.