The Resurrection of Tess Blessing

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After she’s diagnosed with breast cancer, Tess Blessing sets forth on a mission to complete her to-do list before—what she’s sure is—her impending death. She needs to rescue her daughter, Haddie, from the grip of an eating disorder; guide her teenage son, Henry, through a bumpy adolescence; make peace with her estranged sister, Birdie; scatter her mother’s ashes; and reignite the spark in her almost thirty-year marriage to her husband, Will.



Tess is accompanied on her quest by narrator, Grace, who lends the story its most brilliant elements; subtle magical realism and deep psychological complexity. Is Grace her guardian angel, imaginary friend, or a part of Tess that knows better than she?



Lesley Kagen has created an unforgettable, redemptive story about a middle-aged woman with the odds stacked against her, who discovers that in the end—love really does conquer all.