Come Away With Me
Karma Brown
Mira, Aug 25 2015, $14.95
ISBN 9780778318323
In a festive mood on Christmas Eve, Chicago newlyweds Tegan and
Gabe Lawson look forward to the birth of their first child. Gabe loses control of their car while driving
over black ice. Their unborn dies in the
ensuing accident leaving extremely depressed Tegan blaming her husband for
their loss.
Feeling guilty about their baby’s death; Gabe also worries about
his beloved wife who threatens to end their marriage. Believing reconnecting somewhat would ease
their anguish and desperate to help his wife and himself; Gabe suggests they
draw three locations from their “jar of spontaneity”. Tegan wants to tell him to drop dead, but reluctantly
agrees to visit Hawaii, Italy and Thailand.
Come Away with Me is a fresh look at the impact
on survivors from a personal tragedy.
The couple begins their journey stalled in the earlier phases of grief;
as Karma Brown makes a profound
argument that mourning a loss is customized and though a person moves on
one never fully heals because you never fully forget. This
is a powerful emotional family drama.
Harriet Klausner
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