{"product_id":"9781611942897","title":"The April Tree","description":"Reach out, hold tight, stand up, move forward.\u003cp\u003eLearning that life goes on is the hardest lesson of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne life destroyed. Four others irrevocably shattered. Overcoming the shock and grief of death is an all-too-familiar rite of young adulthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalking home from a tennis game on a bright spring day, April Walden's three closest friends watch in horror as she is struck by a car and killed. The senseless accident plunges all three young women-and the car's driver-into a devastating and often misguided search for comfort, purpose, and inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecky wraps herself in a protective cloak of obsessions, performing anxious rituals at the base of the red maple tree under which April died. Elyse dives into a high-risk party life, trying to honor April by experiencing everything April missed but mistaking self-destructive indulgence for courage. Florie turns to fundamentalist Christianity, not as spiritual guidance, but as a wall that might shield her from reality. Mark, the driver, spirals downward into substance abuse and self-loathing, until April's three friends reach out to save him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do you make it through the night when you've stopped believing that tomorrow always comes?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BelleBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062012625136,"sku":"9781611942897","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781611942897_p0.jpg?v=1763847272","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781611942897","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}