Carmen Tanner Slaughter in Conversation with
Author Leesa Cross-Smith about her new book This Close to
Okay
ABOUT THE BOOK: On a rainy October night in
Kentucky, recently divorced therapist Tallie Clark is on her way
home when she spots a man precariously standing on the edge of a
bridge. Without a second thought, Tallie pulls over and jumps out
of the car into the pouring rain. She convinces the man to join her
for a cup of coffee, and he eventually agrees to come back to her
house, where he finally, reluctantly, shares his first name:
Emmett. Over the course of the emotionally charged weekend that
follows, Tallie makes it her mission to provide a safe and
comfortable space for Emmett, although she doesn't confess that she
works as a therapist. However, Emmett is not the only one who needs
help -- and he has secrets of his own. Alternating between Tallie
and Emmett's perspectives as they inch closer to the truth of what
brought Emmett to the bridge, This Close to Okay is an uplifting,
powerful story of two strangers brought together by wild chance at
the moment they need it the most.
ABOUT LEESA: Leesa Cross-Smith is a homemaker and
the author of So We Can Glow: Short Stories, Every Kiss A War and
Whiskey & Ribbons. She lives in Kentucky with her husband and
children.
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