From the Lake House

A Mother's Odyssey of Loss and Love

Kristen Rademacher

• Publisher: She Writes Press
• Year: 2020
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781631528675
• Subtopic: Social Science Biographies
• Index: Social Sciences

Dizzy with grief after a shattering breakup, Kristen did what any sensible thirty-nine-year-old woman would do: she fled, abandoning her well-ordered life in metropolitan Boston and impulsively relocating to a college town in North Carolina to start anew with a freshly divorced southerner.
Dismissing the neon signs that flashed Rebound Relationship, Kristen was charmed by the host of contrasts with her new beau. He loved hunting and country music, she loved yoga and NPR; he worried about nothing, she worried about everything. The luster of her new romance and small-town lifestyle soon—and predictably—faded, but by then a pregnancy test stick had lit up. As Kristen’s belly grew, so did her concern about the bond with her partner—and so did a fierce love for her unborn child. Ready or not, she was about to become a mother. And then, tragedy struck.
Poignant and insightful, From the Lake House explores the echoes of rash decisions and ill-fated relationships, the barren and disorienting days an aching mother faces without her baby, and the mysterious healing that can take root while rebuilding a life gutted from loss.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Author’s Note
• Contents
• Chapter 1—Dock
• Chapter 2—Jason
• Chapter 3—Boston
• Chapter 4—Debt
• Chapter 5—Shrinking
• Chapter 6—Pink Stick
• Chapter 7—Symptoms
• Chapter 8—Night-light
• Chapter 9—Password
• Chapter 10—Still
• Chapter 11—Triage
• Chapter 12—Midwife
• Chapter 13—Carly
• Chapter 14—Numb
• Chapter 15—Photos
• Chapter 16—Company
• Chapter 17—Shells
• Chapter 18—Magnolia
• Chapter 19—Pretending
• Chapter 20—Angel
• Chapter 21—Ally
• Chapter 22—Counsel
• Chapter 23—Packing
• Chapter 24—Paper Clips
• Chapter 25—Trapped
• Chapter 26—Reunion
• Chapter 27—Goats
• Chapter 28—Test
• Chapter 29—Escape
• Chapter 30—Mother
• Chapter 31—Alien
• Chapter 32—Spot
• Chapter 33—Doomed
• Chapter 34—Bed
• Chapter 35—Done
• Chapter 36—Truck
• Chapter 37—Alone
• Chapter 38—Deer
• Chapter 39—Lake
• Chapter 40—Nameplates
• Chapter 41—Cusp
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author