Once in Every Life by Kristin Hannah

Once in Every Life by Kristin Hannah

A deaf scientist, is reborn as Amarylis Rafferty, a mother in post-Civil War America. Now hearing, she confronts her family’s struggles, especially her troubled husband, Jack.

Tess Gregory’s brilliant career as a research scientist hides her longings for husband and child. Though deaf, she is a free spirit — a woman full of life and love. She is struck down all too soon.

But for Tess, a new life begins at her death, in post-Civil War America. She is now Amarylis Rafferty, wife and mother of three — and she can hear. Shocked and disoriented by her new surroundings, she is drawn into the savage heartache burdening the family, especially her husband, Jack, a man who fears himself capable of anything.

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