A Little Hope by Ethan Joella

In the small town of Wharton, Connecticut, lives are beginning to unravel. A husband betrays his wife. A son struggles with addiction. A widow misses her late spouse. Those were the sentences that drew me in. I loved every page of this book. Fans of Anne Tyler Anne Patchett and Elizabeth Strout will be in heaven.

From the back

In the small town of Wharton, Connecticut, lives are beginning to unravel. A husband betrays his wife. A son struggles with addiction. A widow misses her late spouse.

At the heart of these interlinking stories is one couple: Freddie and Greg Tyler. They seem to have it all—a comfortable home, a beautiful young daughter, a bond that feels unbreakable. But when Greg is diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer, the sense of certainty they once knew evaporates. He intends to handle this the way he has faced everything else: through grit and determination. But can he successfully overcome his illness? How will Freddie and their daughter cope if he doesn't? And how will the other residents of Wharton learn to live with loss and find happiness again?