{"product_id":"when-she-was-ours-9781662539183","title":"When She Was Ours","description":"\u003cp\u003eThea Erickson, a renowned surgeon, is filled with both joy and grief as her family gathers at their home on a summer night in 1995. Her elder daughter Phoebe is getting married, but even the happiness of the day feels bittersweet, as Thea grapples with a terminal cancer diagnosis. She worries she won't be around to support her younger daughter Astra, who's still in college, but even Thea cannot foresee what is to come--a terrible accident the night of the wedding that changes Astra's life forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a last-ditch effort to protect her family, Thea arranges a secret meeting with an old family friend and extracts a promise that will reverberate long after she's gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears after her mother's death, Astra has moved forward with a career and relationship, but she still struggles with her grief. When a man reaches out to her and Phoebe, offering a window into their mother's past, Astra must make a choice, and her decision forces her to face what it means to love someone after they're gone, who we decide to forgive, and how families reckon with the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lake Union Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662539183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 319","brand":"Anna Nordberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52679638909109,"sku":"9781662539183","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_462c08a4-de43-4985-8b4d-dcc32b635145.jpg?v=1781046831","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/when-she-was-ours-9781662539183","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}