#audibleProductTitle #title { font-weight: 400; hyphens: auto; } Shelter Me

The Porch of Forgiveness is a heartwarming and emotional journey of a young mother's year of grief, loss, and forgiveness.

After the unexpected arrival of a builder with a contract to add a porch onto her house, Janie LaMarche realizes that the porch was meant to be a surprise from her husband - now his last gift to her.

As she reluctantly allows construction to begin, Janie clings to familiar outposts of her sorrow - mothering her two small children with fierce protectiveness, avoiding friends and family, and stewing in rage she can't release.

However, the unknowable terrain of the future is best navigated with the help of others - even those we least expect to call on, much less learn to love.

This moving debut novel will leave readers touched by the power of forgiveness and the unexpected sources of help that arrive in our lives.