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After the Snow: Love, Loss, and Home
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Grief blooms in the heartland, but so does hope. When Lila returns to Silver Hollow to bury her father, she’s swept into a storm of old regrets, aching memories, and the weight of family she cannot save. The house is full of strangers and the town wears a new name, but loss lingers in every corner. As she mourns, memories of her childhood—and the family she’s lost—haunt her dreams, blurring the lines between past and present. With her grandmother fading and her own future uncertain, Lila clings to love, even as she fears letting go. But as new life stirs within her, she must learn to plant hope in the soil of sorrow, honoring those she’s lost by daring to love again. Can Lila break the cycle of grief, or will she always be chasing ghosts through the changing seasons? In Silver Hollow, every goodbye is a seed for something new.
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