See You...

In September of 2005 my best friend went home to be with the Lord after a long battle with cancer.  She was diagnosed with it fifteen years prior and given four months to live.
When my dear friend Nancy was transitioning from labor to Reward, I drove to Dallas to say goodbye for now.  It was hard, oh so hard, but Nancy had lived a long life and worked hard and played hard and was ready to meet her God.
Today I attended the funeral of a young girl who met her God much too soon.
Last year I wept and still weep for the loss of a girl who went from her mother's womb to Christ's arms and spread more joy in the nine months prior to her birth than I will if I live to be 100.  This was the hardest loss of all.
When I left Nancy in Dallas I said to her, "See you soon.," and she said, "Yes, I will see you." and we knew we wouldn't see each other in this life, but we knew we will see each other again.
See You at Harry's is about a tragic loss of life, told from the POV of a Fern, a middle school girl whose brother dies in an accident.  He is also the face and voice of his family's little local restaurant, Harry's and his tagline/catch phrase is "See you at Harry's."  Fern points out that now that he is gone, this is a lie.
A very, very, very well done book.  My dear friend Rebekah said that she felt that the author, Jo Knowles just BOOM, LANDED the girl's voice, the and she really, really did.