Novels

A year after the death of her husband and twin teenagers. Miriam Tedesco has lost faith in humanity and herself.

When she receives an automated flower delivery from her husband, she completely unravels. Realizing she has to do something to break out of her rut, she starts cleaning out her family’s things. In the process, she stumbles across a road trip phone app that her computer whiz daughter was developing for her. Miriam decides chuck it all and head off into the great unknown. Armed with her husband’s guitar, her daughter’s cello, and her son’s unfinished piano sonata, she embarks on a musical pilgrimage to grieve the family she fears she never loved enough. Along the way she meets a young, pregnant hitchhiker Dicey whose boisterous and spunky attitude reminds Miriam of her own daughter and forces her to look harder at what she had rather than what she’s lost.

Tornadoes, impromptu concerts, and an unlikely friendship… whether she’s prepared for it or not, Miriam’s world is coming back to life. But as she struggles to keep her focus on the reason she initially set out on this journey, she has to confront the possibility that the best way to honor her family may be to accept the truths she never wanted to face.

Hopeful, honest, and tender, A Song for the Road is about courage, vulnerability, and forgiveness, even of yourself, when it really matters.