About Finding a Best Friend

Four wounded lives. One makeshift family. A story about how we heal each other—quietly, imperfectly, and over time.

After fleeing an abusive past, Grace is determined to give her son Jake a chance at a real life. She doesn’t expect to meet Brooke and Nathan—two orphaned siblings navigating grief on their own. What starts as small acts of kindness becomes a fragile family held together by shared hurt and fragile hope.

As Jake and Brooke grow up side by side, their bond deepens. Brooke battles depression; Jake learns that love sometimes means silence, patience, and simply being there. When tragedy shatters their world, each must confront the wounds they’ve avoided for years.

Spanning adolescence to adulthood, Finding a Best Friend explores the emotional threads that tie a family together—chosen or otherwise—and the courage it takes to rebuild after loss.

A compelling choice for book clubs, this novel raises meaningful questions about trauma, mental health, forgiveness, and the families we create when life takes everything else.