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Release Date: August 1
Author: Kate Braestrup
Publisher: Little Brown

Braestrup's husband, a Maine state trooper, died in a car crash, leaving her with four young children and a powerful burden of grief. She responded to the tragedy by taking up an unexpected new career as a chaplain in the Maine Warden Service. When a child goes missing in the woods, or a swimmer disappears, or a snowmobiler crashes through the ice, she's the one on-hand to counsel worried parents and grieving survivors. She's seen it all, and her memoir, though it's full of horror stories, is surprisingly funny and redemptive.

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