The Summer of Mended Hearts

By Debbie Waltz

A poignant story of loss, resilience, and the quiet strength found in unexpected places that will change Lisa's life forever.

Seventeen-year-old Lisa Marie is worn down from trying to hold her grieving, fractured family together after the death of her brother from leukemia. Hoping for a break and a chance to refocus, she spends the summer with her aunt on the condition that she keeps up with her studies. But instead of the peaceful escape she imagined, Lisa finds complicated emotions, grief over her brother's death, frustration with her parents, shock at her aunt moving on so quickly, and new confusion about her feelings for her best friend, Scott.

As the summer unfolds, Lisa must confront her pain and search for the strength to move forward. Through heartbreak, unexpected discoveries, and difficult truths, she begins to learn that healing often starts with forgiveness and that her life may hold more purpose than she ever realized.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1966382650
• ISBN13: 9781966382652
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Eabooks Publishing
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary