The Resurrection of Tess Blessing

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Pub Date Dec 09 2014 | Archive Date Nov 19 2014
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Description

After she's diagnosed with breast cancer, forty-nine-year old Tess sets forth on a mission to complete her TO-DO List before, what she's sure is, her impending death. She needs to make peace with her estranged sister, Birdie, scatter her mother's long-kept ashes, rescue her daughter, Haddie, from the grip of an eating disorder, guide her teenage son, Henry, through a bumpy adolescence, and reignite the spark in her almost thirty-year marriage to her husband, Will.

Tess is aided on her quest by narrator, Grace, who lends the story its most brilliant elements: subtle magical realism and deep psychological complexity. Is Grace an imaginary friend, guardian angel, or a part of Tess that knows better than she? The Resurrection of Tess Blessing is by turns poignant, gritty, spiritually uplifting, and hilarious as hell.

Lesley Kagen has created an unforgettable, redemptive story about a middle-aged woman with the odds stacked against her, who discovers that in the end, love really does conquer all.

After she's diagnosed with breast cancer, forty-nine-year old Tess sets forth on a mission to complete her TO-DO List before, what she's sure is, her impending death. She needs to make peace with her...

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Advance Praise

Praise for The Undertaking of Tess the e-novella prequel to The Resurrection of Tess Blessing:

"A tender yet big-hearted coming-of-age story filled with heartbreak, secrets, and humorous observations of the convoluted adult world through which two young sisters must navigate." ----Beth Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Me and Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

"Heart-rending, yet humorous and filled with hope, The Undertaking of Tess is a rare treat from an author who truly knows how to create unforgettable characters. Readers who loved Kagen's Whistling in the Dark will adore Tess and Birdie in this delightful novella". ----Sandra Kring, author of the national bestseller, The Book of Bright Ideas

"A bittersweet coming-of-age-in-the-fifties story that'll have you crying one minute and laughing out loud the next. Kagen's ability to capture children's deepest emotions never fails to impress." --Bonnie Shimko, award-winning author of The Private Thoughts of Amelia E. Rye

Praise for The Undertaking of Tess the e-novella prequel to The Resurrection of Tess Blessing:

"A tender yet big-hearted coming-of-age story filled with heartbreak, secrets, and humorous observations...

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Available Editions

EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781940716558
PRICE $15.00 (USD)

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