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Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 29 2025
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.36 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the heart of the Midwest, the small town of Oakhaven appears ordinary. But beneath the surface of harvested fields and quiet routines, an invisible current is stirring. Home follows eight beautifully drawn characters, each carrying a private burden of trauma, regret, and longing.
Oscar Miller, a Korean War veteran and lifelong farmer, tends his land while wrestling with a guilt locked away for sixty years. Maya Wright, a perceptive teenager drowning in the wake of her mother's departure, senses a world alive with energy others ignore. Christa, one month sober, battles the screaming static of addiction in her silent trailer. Josh The Anchor Wright, whose glory days ended on a high school football field, defines himself by a single fumble and the family he fears he's failing.
Their lives are quietly intercepted by Sarah and Jed, the steady keepers of The Healing Hearth, a shop that offers more than herbs and crystals-it offers a space to remember. As a powerful storm gathers over Oakhaven, a series of subtle, mysterious events-a starling's feather, a music box's song, a beam that should have fallen-act as catalysts, forcing each character to confront the walls they've built around their hearts.
Moving through four resonant acts-The Sleeping Fields, The Stirring Earth, The Cracking Light, and The Remembering Fields-this is a novel about the fragile, miraculous awakening of a community. It is a profound exploration of empathy, resilience, and the transformative power of witnessing one another's pain. Lisa M. Lee writes with a poet's eye and a healer's touch, crafting a narrative that vibrates with a quiet, undeniable truth: we are not alone, and our deepest wounds can become portals to our greatest strength.
Perfect for book clubs and readers who loved the emotional depth of Elizabeth Strout and the spiritual lyricism of Sue Monk Kidd, Home is more than a story. It is a meditation, a mirror, and a gentle guide back to the wholeness that has been within you all along.
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