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“The book is by turns humorous, witty, moving, upbeat. Jenny is a warm, sensitive heroine. It’s a pleasure to watch her and a privilege to eavesdrop on her thoughts. Highly recommended…”  LIBRARY JOURNALJenny Weaver is smart and funny and so lonely it hurts.Jenny and Richard Weaver were going to live happily ever after. Then Richard took his life.After a year spent taking tranquilizers and cleaning her house, Jenny impulsively moves with their two young children from the Northeast to California to make a fresh start. The children adjust to the move, but she can’t seem to find her way.In a moment of deep frustration and loneliness, she begins writing to Richard, sharing her most intimate thoughts. She tells him about her daily life—bullying at work, the difficulties of being a single parent, and, after some hesitation, new romance.She also writes about the past until it becomes threatening. But when she decides not to write to him anymore, she finds it impossible to stop. Her children want to know how-and-why their daddy died, and she knows that she must tell them.“The author endows Jenny and her circle with attributes that make them linger in one’s memory.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLYIn this intimate, compelling novel, a young widow discovers her own strength and identity after the devastating loss of her husband. Realities was a selection of the Swedish Book-of-the-Month Club.   
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