SO MUCH LOVE

Olive Kitteridge meets The Lovely Bones in this stunning first novel about the unexpected reverberations the abduction of a young woman has on a small community

When a young woman named Catherine Reindeer vanishes without a trace from her small town, those who know her are left to cope with her absence. Moving from her outer circle of acquaintances to her closest intimates, the novel reveals how the lives of those left behind can be overturned in the wake of an unexplained disappearance. But at the heart of the novel is Catherine's own story of resilience and recovery.

When a final devastating loss after months of captivity forces her to make a bold decision, she is unprepared for everything that follows her dramatic escape. Woven throughout are stories about a local female poet who was murdered years earlier, a woman whose life and work become a lifeline for Catherine during her darkest hours—and who may ultimately hold the key to Catherine's quest to find solace in the aftermath of unimaginable tragedy.

SO MUCH LOVE is a haunting story of longing and loss, the necessity of bearing witness, and what it means to tell your own story.

REBECCA ROSENBLUM's fiction has been short-listed for the Journey Prize, the National Magazine Award, and the Danuta Gleed Award. Once, her first collection of short stories, won the Metcalf-Rooke Award and was one of Quill & Quire's 15 Books That Mattered in 2008. Her story “How To Quit Your Day Job” was turned into an award winning short film. Rosenblum lives, works, and writes in Toronto.