Finalist. Indie Excellence Book Awards
In The Mirror
In the Mirror is the story of Jennifer Benson, a woman who seems to have it all. Diagnosed with cancer, she enters an experimental treatment facility to tackle her disease the same way she tackled her life – head on. But while she’s busy fighting for a cure, running her business, planning a party, staying connected with her kids, and trying to keep her sanity, she ignores her own intuition and warnings from others and reignites an old relationship best left behind.
If you knew you might die, what choices would you make? How would it affect your marriage? How would you live each day? And how would you say no to the one who got away?
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Praise & Reviews
“Kaira Rouda has created relatable characters you’ll care deeply about. Emotionally gripping and heart-achingly beautiful, In the Mirror will make you think about what’s truly important.”
~ Tracey Garvis Graves, New York Times Bestselling Author
“Balancing sadness and humor, the retrospective tone of this novel is both therapeutic and affecting. In the Mirror is an emotion-packed novel about a mother facing terminal cancer. It is a nostalgic tribute to the things that really matter: family and friends.”
~ Foreword
“Rouda writes with a fluent, psychologically subtle realism that cuts Jennifer’s pathos (and occasional self-pity) with humor and irony, and she surrounds her with characters–doting dad; vain, shallow mom; mensch of a gay business partner; sarcastic gal pals–who are sharply etched and entertaining. Jennifer is a winning heroine, and readers will undoubtedly root for her as she reaches for a more mature, if achingly uncertain, future. An absorbing story of a woman grasping at life in the midst of death.”
~ Kirkus Reviews