A Christmas Without You

von Ana S. Spada

276 Seiten, Taschenbuch, ab 12 Jahre

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A Christmas Without YouA magnificent, emotionally raw journey through the labyrinth of grief, the resilience of the human spirit, and the indestructible strings of love that refuse to be broken by death.For seven agonizing months, Elena has been a ghost inhabiting her own life. Following the devastating, world-shattering loss of her beloved daughter, Lea, her world has been locked in a permanent, suffocating winter twilight. Unable to endure the festive warmth of the approaching holidays and the crushing weight of her memories at home, she flees across the ocean to the ancient, sun-bleached labyrinth of Seville, Spain. She believes she is running into a self-imposed exile-a cold, foreign sanctuary where she can quietly drown in the silence of her mourning.But Seville refuses to let her hide.Instead of providing an escape, the historic city serves as a mirror, leading her right back to the vibrant essence of Lea. In the carved stone angels, the brilliant violet lights, and the magnificent, emerald-green sanctuary of the Alcázar gardens, Elena discovers that the world is renewing itself without asking for permission.When a long-hidden purple envelope containing Lea's final, chaotic promise shatters the final barriers of Elena's isolation on Christmas morning, she realizes a profound certainty: she does not have to leave her daughter behind in the dark to keep living. She can hold the grief in one hand and the magnificent magnitude of the love in the other, letting the memory of Lea rebuild her from the inside out.A deeply moving tribute to anyone who has ever loved and lost, A Christmas Without You is a cosmic guarantee that life is inherently stronger than the grave, and that the dawn is always waiting to be met.

• Themen: Kinder, Jugendliche und Bildung Persönliche und soziale Themen Tod und Trauer
• ISBN: 9781105221064
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.06.2026
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Lulu.com
• Empf. Lesealter: ab 12 Jahre