The Year Our Lives Ended & Began

Description:

The end began in January for Laurelye’s family, but that was only the beginning.

After uncovering decades of womanizing and gaslighting by her highly-esteemed husband, Laurelye faces the ruin of her marriage and reputation.

The death of Grandpa Jack looms closer as he loses his ability to walk, but Grandma Ruth is determined to keep his condition a secret and shoulder the burden of his care herself.

Violet is already overwhelmed and anxious with her first child on the way, but then the world is turned upside-down by Covid-19, and her parents’ marriage implodes.

How much can one family take before it breaks? How do they move forward?

Told from the alternating perspectives of a mother, daughter, and grandmother, The Year Our Lives Ended & Began delivers an intrinsically female and spiritually poignant journey of survival as betrayal, grief, loss, resilience, and hope coalesce. With heart-pounding drama and thrilling twists, the story portrays complex female characters and their brave steps to heal the impact of generational trauma in their family.

Genre: Domestic Suspense, Women’s Fiction

Length: 93,000 words

Trigger Warnings: Narcissistic abuse, emotional abuse, sexual assault

Status: Querying