A deeply moving, life-affirming novel about residents in a small Connecticut town facing everyday fears and desires—a lost love, a stalled career, a diagnosis—that pulls at the heartstrings and provides hope, for readers of Olive Kitteridge.
In the small city 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.
Greg has just been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a brutal form of cancer. He intends to handle this the way he has faced everything else: through grit and determination. But can Greg successfully overcome his illness? How will Freddie and their daughter cope if he doesn’t? How do the other residents of Wharton learn to live with loss, and find happiness again?
An emotionally powerful debut that immerses the reader into a community of friends, family, and neighbors, A Little Hope celebrates the importance of small moments of connection and the ways that love and forgiveness can help us survive even the most difficult of life’s challenges.
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“Life is both painful and hopeful, but in Ethan Joella’s debut novel, it is blessedly more of the latter.”
— BookPage (starred review)
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— USA Today“Gorgeous prose and unforgettable characters combine to make a literary masterpiece.”
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Ethan Joella is the author of A Little Hope, which was a Read with Jenna Bonus Selection. His work has appeared in River Teeth, the Cimarron Review, MacGuffin, Delaware Beach Life, and Third Wednesday. He teaches English and psychology at the University of Delaware and specializes in community writing workshops.
Shaun Taylor-Corbett is an actor, singer, and writer. A graduate of the University of Delaware, he has television and Broadway credits, including the role of Sonny on Broadway in In the Heights. He also has off-Broadway credits including In the Heights and Altar Boyz.