Publisher's Synopsis
Two women. Two crossroads. Each fighting for their lives in different ways. Now in their 40s, brother and sister, Zach and Isabelle, receive devastating news as The Eulogy begins. When Aunt Harriet suffers a life-threatening stroke, and a familiar stranger shows up, Isabelle's life will never be the same. While one woman fights for her life, the other fights to balance her roles as a wife, mother, sister, daughter and business professional. Following a fatal car accident that took the lives of Zach and Isabelle's parents when they were children, the siblings were raised by their Uncle Frank and Aunt Harriet, their late mother Joy's only sister. Now 30 years later, Aunt Harriet, a staunch conservative, and Isabelle, a self-proclaimed progressive, who spent the last 30 years at odds with each other, learn that despite their differences, love is the glue that binds. Will Isabelle and Harriet make peace and create the mother-daughter relationship both have always hoped for in time? The Eulogy is a story about acceptance and the journey to like the ones we love.The Eulogy, The Bench & The Gathering is a fictional trilogy about a family who is torn apart by tragedy and sewn together by love. The Eulogy is the first book in the Gift of Grace series by Debra Yergen.
