They Things They Didn't See

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Raised on sunny boating days, Jill piloted a speedboat long before driving a car. Her father, husband, and three boys share her love for Lake Koda and cherish their annual first-day-of-summer boating tradition, until a surprise storm and tragic accident change everything.

Jill's grief is compounded by her struggle to connect with her teenage son, Jake. Everything she says or does seems to be wrong. Her husband takes Jake's side, and even her sweet youngest child doesn't trust her judgment. Striving to parent perfectly is backfiring.

Jake's trying to be a good kid but doesn't know where to turn when his head and heart are constantly racing; Matt's focused on keeping the peace between his wife and son; and Grandpa is determined to do anything to help ease their shared grief.

Jill is faced with challenges that threaten to destroy her relationships with those she loves most. Will her once-happy family be torn apart, or can they overcome their heartbreaking sorrow and find their way back to one another?

The emotional and ultimately hopeful story intertwines a family's love for each other with their misunderstandings, guilt, blame, and misguided attempts to grieve individually rather than together. Tensions build as they bump and band into one another with all the extra space as a family of four living in a home built for five.