All She Held Dear

Her family has survived the worst. Now they must decide what they can live with not knowing.At her daughter's wedding in France, Vivienne Mathis allows herself to imagine an ordinary future. Paintings to finish. Classes to teach. Grandchildren to hold. Perhaps her family can finally stop looking over their shoulders.Then a public appeal brings the past home.Elias Reynolds wants answers about his brother's death. He has letters the police haven't seen, a growing audience, and grief that will not let him leave the matter alone. As the investigation gathers momentum, the Mathis family faces questions love cannot answer.Vivienne's son, Brian, knows the difference between defending his mother and claiming a certainty he does not possess. Vivienne can see what the questions are costing him. But reassurance has become a dangerous gift.In the final novel of The Far Side of Devotion, Helen Snow explores a family's uneasy loyalties, and the things they cannot ask of the people they love.