Every parent’s worst nightmare…
Irene Hurt’s life is perfect and she cherishes every moment with her devoted husband and sweet almost sixteen-year-old son until … the day she gets the call every mother dreads: Your son has been shot and is in a coma.
In the blink of an eye, Irene’s life is shattered into a million pieces.
What follows is a story about a mother and her struggle to keep, not only her son but eventually also her marriage and herself alive. On Irene’s journey through grief, denial, and anger, she discovers more about the events of that tragic day, the boy who shot her son and then took his own life, and the husband she thought she knew and could trust.
An emotional and heart-gripping story, Holding on to Hurt, is a novel about family, trust, grief, and a mother’s unconditional love.
“If you love emotional reads and if you dare to open up your heart, you’ve come to the right place.