โ Scribed by Cross-Smith, Leesa
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Set in contemporary Louisville, Leesa Cross-Smithโs mesmerizing first novel surrounding the death of a police officer is a requiem for marriage, friendship and family.
Eviโa classically-trained ballerinaโwas nine months pregnant when her husband Eamon was killed in the line of duty on a steamy morning in July. Now, it is winter, and Eamon's adopted brother Dalton has moved in to help her raise six-month-old Noah.
Whiskey & Ribbonsis told in three intertwining, melodic voices: Evi in present day, as sheโs snowed in with Dalton during a freak blizzard; Eamon before his murder, as he prepares for impending fatherhood and grapples with the danger of his profession; and Dalton, as he struggles to make sense of his life next to Eamonโs, and as he decides to track down the biological father heโs never known.
In the vein of Jojo Moyesโ After You, Whiskey & Ribbons explores the life that continues beyond loss, with a complicated brotherly dynamic reminiscent of Elizabeth Stroutโs The Burgess Boys. Itโs a meditation on grief, hope, motherhood, brotherhood and surrogate fatherhood. Above all, itโs a novel about what it meansโand whether itโs possibleโto heal.
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