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"...a delicate, beautiful tale of sadness, recovery, and the role of hope in human resilience." —Publishers Weekly
In this poignant and uplifting story of hope, redemption and the power of the human spirit, Tiny follows the harrowing journeys of Nate, Annie, and Josh—three people unwittingly tied together by fate.
Nate and Annie Forester are faced with every parent’s worst nightmare when their three-year-old daughter, Penelope, is hit by a car. In the aftermath of her death, the distance between them grows. Nate just wants to return to some version of normal, while Annie finds herself stuck in the quicksand of her grief. Josh – third party to the nightmare – was behind the wheel on the fateful day Penny ran into the middle of the street. Unable to stop thinking about Nate and Annie, Josh has started to stalk them, thinking up ways to apologize when he witnesses Annie leave with her suitcase in tow.
Nate is trying to stay strong, but is slowly losing his mind as he faces the suspicions of Annie’s family and the police in the wake of Annie’s disappearance. Annie has run away in an attempt to start a secret new life in a 100-square-foot house in the middle of nowhere. And Josh, who desperately wants forgiveness, feels he is responsible for reuniting the people whose lives he changed forever. What unfolds is a beautiful and awe-inspiring tale of grace, forgiveness, and love.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hooper (People Who Knew Me) delivers a complex story of love, loss, and redemption in this tearjerker centered on a freak accident. Nate and Annie Forester's marriage begins to fall apart after their three-year-old daughter, Penelope, is struck dead by a truck driver. While Annie struggles through her grief, Nate is determined to continue as usual after the incident ("It's better than losing his shit and sobbing like a little girl"). Nate's lack of external grief causes a rift in their relationship ("How is he so normal?") so when Annie stumbles upon an article about the "Tiny House Movement," in which a person lives in a miniature home with only the absolute necessities of life, she takes the opportunity to get away from Nate, simplify her life, and deal with her depression alone. She leaves only a note saying she is fine and needs some space. As months pass and Annie doesn't return, Nate starts to succumb to depression and anger. It takes the unlikely intervention of Josh, the driver who accidently killed Penelope, to reunite Annie and Nate and do his best to make amends. Have a box of tissues handy for the ending, in which new beginnings spring out of haunting pasts. This is a delicate, beautiful tale of sadness, recovery, and the role of hope in human resilience.
