<p>Juliette, a New Yorker transplanted to Portland, Oregon for a teaching job journeys through single parenthood, orphanhood, widowhood, new love, neurotic parents, beloved students, and a life-altering bereavement group.&nbsp;Along the way, Juliette blends her acerbic wit with an admirable willingness to sit in her sadness and we gain entrance to what the other side of grief looks like. </p><p><br></p><p>Set over the course of several months, and alternating between Juliette's narration, a plot filled with surprises, and letters written to her deceased loved ones, Fabienne Marsh rips open Juliette's heart so we readers might feel less alone. There might not be a cure for sorrow, but there is a salve, and it's JULIETTE, RISING.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>