The House on Hope Street: A Novel
by By Steel, Danielle
Category: Fiction , Romance , Contemporary

In eighteen years of marriage, Liz and Jack Sutherland had built a family, a successful  law practice, and a happy home near San Francisco, on Hope Street. Then, in an instant,  it all fell apart.   It began like any other Christmas morning. But for Jack Sutherland,  a five-minute errand ends in tragedy. And suddenly, Liz is alone, in the wake of  an unbearable loss.  How can she go on without her husband, her partner, her best  friend? How can she grieve when she must console five devastated children, including  one with special needs?   Powered by her children's love, Liz finds the strength  to return to work, to become both mother and "daddy." One by one the holidays come  and go, until a devastating accident sends her oldest son to the hospital—and brings  Dr. Bill Webster into her life. Bill becomes a friend to Liz as he slowly heals her  shattered son.  With the first anniversary of Jack's death approaching, and with  it another Christmas in the house on Hope Street, a new relationship offers new hope,  and Liz reflects on the little blessings that give strength when nothing else is  left. But she will face one more crisis before she can look ahead to the beginning  of a new life.  The House on Hope Street is about learning to live again after you  think life is over. It is about cherishing small miracles, and believing in big ones.  It is above all about hope.