I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN

Jackie Hance has never spoken publicly. This book contains all the details of the accident, their lives before the tragedy, and their journey of healing--no one else has access to this information, and Jackie is ready for the public to know her story.

A parent's worst nightmare.
Ask any parent and they'll tell you that the death of a child is the single worst event that can happen to a parent. Jackie Hance, mother of three vibrant, lovely little girls--Emma (8), Alyson (7), and Katie (5)--would have said the same. Jackie's sister-in-law, Diane Schuler, took her two children and the three Hance girls on a weekend camping trip just a couple hours away. But on the ride back from the trip, Jackie received a horrific phone call from her eldest daughter, Emma, whose last words to her mother were, "Something's wrong with Aunt Diane." Diane Schuler drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway, killing herself, her daughter, three men in another car, and all three of Jackie Hance's darling daughters.

How do you go on?
Every day for months, Jackie woke up and asked, "Where are the girls?" Her concerned circle of friends gently reminded her each morning that the girls had been killed in the tragic accident. She went through the funerals and burials practically sleep-walking, the only emotion in her life the absolutely crushing grief that ruled her days. Strangers approached her in public to commend her bravery, to say that they could never get through such a thing. Jackie didn't understand their sentiment, maintaining that she was no different from anyone else, no braver.

A tentative step forward.
A year after the tragic death of her daughters, Jackie and her husband Warren, both still deep in the throes of grief, accepted the services of an IVF specialist and became pregnant with her fourth child--a daughter they named Kasey. Terrified of loss, Jackie found herself on the edge of insanity during her pregnancy, but has managed to move cautiously forward--showering Kasey with all the love that made her sisters so happy during their short lives. Intimate journey: Just as books like A Stolen Life and What Remains captured national attention with their intimate look at a harrowing experience, I'll See You Again offers that same intimate detail and story of ultimate hope that readers want.

Ultimately hopeful: Slowly, Jackie and Warren are rebuilding their strength, developing The Hance Family Foundation, a community-centered non-profit aimed at boosting young girls' self-esteem. It was a way of keeping their daughters' memories alive. More recently, Jackie received IVF treatment and got pregnant right away. Now she and Warren are proud parents of their fourth child, a baby girl named Kasey.

Incredible public interest: The book was inspired by a Ladies' Home Journal article that Janice Kaplan wrote with Jackie in July 2011. The article got so much pick-up that The Today Show did a piece on the article itself. The article was covered in The New York Times, MSNBC, The Daily Mail (UK), local ABC and CBS affiliates, as well as parenting blogs all over the web. Additionally, there was a documentary released in July 2011 entitled "There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane," but the Hances were not involved in the project. The book covers much more than the article or the documentary did, and it has the added polish of a full-length work, as well as the time for Jackie to come to terms with the tragedy. The public is voracious for news of the Hances, and this book will be the source for that information. Janice Kaplan is Editor in Chief of Parade magazine. She has been an executive producer of prime-time specials for Fox, ABC, and VH1. The author of Looks to Die For, Kaplan has coauthored three previous novels, including the national bestseller Mine Are Spectacular! A Yale graduate, she lives in Westchester County, New York, with her family. Visit her website at www.janicekaplan.com.