All That She Brings

Toby Brookes' novel "All That She Brings" follows the young troubled life of Matthew Banks, happily married for three years until his wife dies in a fiery crash. Deep in grief, he finds letters chronicling an affair and is sent into a tailspin of anger and disillusionment. He flees his home in New Haven after receiving therapy from his company's psychiatrist. Landing at his family's homestead in Pasadena, he faces more trauma with an ill mother and an estranged father who appears mysteriously. His only source of hope comes from a homeless prophet on the beach who steers him toward a brighter future.