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Book SynopsisAt forty-two, Heather Finch has cared for and buried her husband after strokes and brain injury; now she embarks on a writing retreat in a cottage in the Scottish Highlands. When Heather believes her small writer’ s cottage is haunted, she must face her past and present fears – real or imagined – that populate her mind.Chapters are set three years before juxtaposed with ones set in present day. The “ Remember” chapters recount her husband Marc’ s stroke, the three years of caretaking she shares with her teenage children, and the end-of-life decisions leading to Marc’ s death.
Trade ReviewAbout This Most Amazing : "Reminiscent of Tracy Chevalier's The Virgin Blue [...] Benjamin's prose is evocative, her characters finely drawn, and the worlds she creates for us give us new ways to think about our own." Melissa Schoeffel, author of Maternal Conditions: Reading Kingsolver, Castillo, Erdrich, and Ozeki
"Readers will be absorbed in the story, but they will also be intrigued by its central question: how does the past endure, not just in history but in our own bodies?" Angela Sorby, author of Distance Learning, Bird Skin Coat , and The Sleeve Waves, forthcoming with the University of Wisconsin Press, 2014
About Heather Finch: "A gripping tale of marital difficulty intertwined with pallid love affairs ... A widow haunted by the tragic end of her marriage gets her groove back while on a Scottish sojourn in this knotty romance." Kirkus Review
