While You Were Away
- ISBN-10
- 1630214019
- ISBN-13
- 9781630214012
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-10-20
- Author
- Kristy Thomas
Description
Farid, a Muslim American man in his late twenties attends the long-awaited funeral of his daughter. The funeral had to be postponed in hopes that Melanie, a Caucasian American, would wake up from a comma. Months earlier while in her final trimester she was the target of a hate crime by a man that had threatened the couple for months. Warning them that there is a debt to be paid by "his kind" in America. Finally Melanie awakens and is told her the loss of her daughter. When she returns home and the baby room has been turned into an office she can't understand or accept that Farid has decided to move on without their daughter, "erasing" her from their lives. Farid argues that he had to make all of the decisions for their family while she was in a coma and he did his best. This is an emotional story that starts with a hate crime but goes much deeper when two people who have loved each other since they were teenagers must stand over the casket of their daughter at her funeral and work together to get through the most difficult moment of their lives. While they are standing side by side it is the most alone that either one of them have ever been. Will they be able to sweep the pieces of their relationship back together an move forward or will the end of this funeral also be the end of their love?***The male character needs to be a person of color but the lines may be edited to reflect another race. Please contact the publisher for specific cuts/ edits for this specific purpose.***
