Violette Between

By Alison Strobel

Description:

A true artist, Violette is passionate and emotional. Climbing back into life after suffering a loss, she teeters on the precipice of a new relationship with Christian, a psychologist who not only understands her struggles but offers safety and his heart.

As Violette and Christian begin to feel something they both thought impossible, tragedy strikes again. Violette becomes trapped in a place of past memories–and she finds that she may not want to come back. What would it be like to choose a place between the past and the present?

Book Takeaway:

You can't cling to the past without losing your future.

Why the author wrote this book:

An old friend from high school last her husband when he died from an undetected heart defect. They'd only been married a few years; she wasn't even 30 yet. About the same time, Norah Jones' first album was released, and it included a song called "The Painter Song," which talks about an artist painting her memories, "if that's the only way for you to be with me." When I heard the song, I thought of my friend and about loss, grieving, and having to try to move on. Those ideas all coalesced into the basic plot of the book--a woman who finds herself literally reliving her memories of her died-too-young husband, and then having to choose whether or not to leave those memories--and, in essence, lose him again--and move on with a new relationship.