Abby McAndrew is nine years old the summer of 1970 when her idyllic life, as she describes it, turns upside down in one tragic moment in Ann Marie Stewart's Stars in the Grass. Told by Abby, the story follows the brokenness and grief her family suffers after the death of her brother. It is a sad story that draws the reader in causing one to reflect back on life: the losses, the what-ifs, the pain, the memories. Her older brother, Matt, begins to act out. Her father, Reverend McAndrews, is not able to return to the pulpit after the tragedy, instead he turns to fixing clocks. Each family member has their own guilt about the tragedy; each responds differently to the loss. Through it all, Abby tries to make sense of what is happening to her family and how she feels. But her ultimate question is will her family make it through this period of brokenness intact and still remember her brother as he was.The reader cannot come away without experiencing a roller coaster of emotions and be buoyed by hope.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Barbour Publishing and was under no obligation to post a review.
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