The Springs
Book description
A small town. A huge grief. A struggle to see a way forward.
Larry Ahearne’s death in Afghanistan has had a traumatic effect on his friends and family back in Painter’s Springs. His best friend Alaric Morgan—who witnessed Larry’s last moments—suffers from PTSD-induced mutism, which has forced him to leave…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Springs as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Painted rocks! Okay, that was a tiny part of the story, but I paint rocks as a hobby.
People leave the rocks, with messages of encouragement, for strangers to discover. Oleson used painted rocks as one minor plot thread, but it struck a cord for me. You never know when a kind word – or an ugly one – will change the course of a person’s life, and that is a theme of this novel.
Three damaged people find each other and begin healing from their traumas. This stand alone has elements of mystery and romance, but it read like…
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