And the Stars Kept Watch

by Peter Friedrichs

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Pub Date May 15 2021 | Archive Date May 17 2021

Atmosphere Press

General Fiction (Adult) | Literary Fiction

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Description

Can a couple's marriage survive a life-changing loss when one of them is responsible for the tragedy?

And the Stars Kept Watch is the story of Catherine and Nathan Osgood, a young couple who has everything they desire. Nathan is married to the woman of his dreams and has a great career to match. Catherine, with her two young boys, has the family and the life she's yearned for. With a momentary lapse of judgment, Nathan causes an accident that will alter the course of their lives forever. How do they recover from this horrific event?

Heartbreaking and hopeful, And the Stars Kept Watch explores universal themes of love, grief, recovery, and redemption, and calls us to consider whether "the unforgivable" can ever be forgiven.

Can a couple's marriage survive a life-changing loss when one of them is responsible for the tragedy?

And the Stars Kept Watch is the story of Catherine and Nathan Osgood, a young couple who has...

A Note From the Publisher

Through his writing Peter Friedrichs attempts to peek behind the curtain of our collective lives and strives to help us understand more fully what it means to be human. He holds degrees from Amherst College, Georgetown Law, and Andover Newton Theological School and his career path has taken him from practicing law in Portland, Maine to pastoring a Unitarian Universalist congregation in suburban Philadelphia. Peter lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania with his wife, Irene. And the Stars Kept Watch is his first novel. For more about Peter or to get in touch, please visit his website: https://peterfriedrichs.net, Facebook: @PeterFriedrichsAuthor, or Twitter: @PAFriedrichs.

Through his writing Peter Friedrichs attempts to peek behind the curtain of our collective lives and strives to help us understand more fully what it means to be human. He holds degrees from Amherst...

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A Note From the Publisher

Through his writing Peter Friedrichs attempts to peek behind the curtain of our collective lives and strives to help us understand more fully what it means to be human. He holds degrees from Amherst College, Georgetown Law, and Andover Newton Theological School and his career path has taken him from practicing law in Portland, Maine to pastoring a Unitarian Universalist congregation in suburban Philadelphia. Peter lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania with his wife, Irene. And the Stars Kept Watch is his first novel. For more about Peter or to get in touch, please visit his website: https://peterfriedrichs.net, Facebook: @PeterFriedrichsAuthor, or Twitter: @PAFriedrichs.

Advance Praise

ALA Booklist calls STARS "a flawless first novel" with "valiant writing that feels authentic and true" and awarded it a "Starred Review" badge.

Kirkus Reviews calls STARS "A well-constructed novel about tragedy and healing," adding that "Friedrichs' novel about loss and the search for a path to healing is sensitively told in a carefully composed narrative."

Midwest Book Review: "And the Stars Kept Watch's powerful messages of forgiveness, recovery, and grief will attract and engross any reader who has made a life-changing bad decision or faced the dissolution and reinvention of a formerly satisfying relationship. It's especially highly recommended for women who like solid accounts of growth and evolution grounded by recovery processes that change everything and challenge many notions of marital commitment and solidarity." -- D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer

ALA Booklist calls STARS "a flawless first novel" with "valiant writing that feels authentic and true" and awarded it a "Starred Review" badge.

Kirkus Reviews calls STARS "A well-constructed novel...