Almost Family

by Ann Bancroft

2024 · Paperback, eBook

Dying of stage-four cancer and estranged from her grown daughter, Liz Millanova joins a hospital support group and forms a fierce chosen family with two fellow patients. A tender novel about mortality, reconciliation, and savoring what is left.

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