num_pages: 47
description: AN ORIGINAL SHORT STORY FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE NOVELS THE OPPOSITE OF ME AND THE UPCOMING SKIPPING A BEAT . . . Thirty-year-old Elise Andrews couldnt bring herself to marry Griffin her childhood friend turned sweetheart so she let him walk away. Eight months after their breakup she arrives in her hometown of Chicago on Christmas Eve and hears a voice from the past calling her name in the grocery store. Its Griffins mother Janice who invites Elise over for a neighborhood gathering of eggnog and carols. Walking into Janices house sends Elise tumbling headlong into memories of her relationship with Griffinand with Janice who exudes the kind of warmth Elise ached for after her own mom passed away when she was six. But Griffin has moved on and suddenly Elise doubts her decision to give him up and lose her chance at being folded into his wonderful family. Confused and reeling she goes in search of an answer to a universal question: How do we say good-bye to people weve loved without losing everything theyve meant to us? Heartwarming and witty All Is Bright is a charming story about coming home for the holidaysand finding gifts in the most unexpected of places.
language: English
title: All Is Bright
publisher: Washington Square Press