Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object"Seriously good. . . . Deep and rich." Los Angeles Times From the critically acclaimed author of Happy All the Time and Home Cooking, a insightful and witty tale of a woman struggling to overcome her grief and find her future When Sam Bax, a charming daredevil of a Boston lawyer, sails his boat into a storm off the coast of Maine, Elizabeth "Olly" Bax, his wife, is widowed at twenty seven. With no pretense of courage, and a vague dislike for what she

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