This Close to Okay: A Novel

by Leesa Cross-Smith

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On a rainy October night in Kentucky, recently divorced therapist Tallie Clark is on her way home from work when she spots a man precariously standing at 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 shares his name: Emmett.

Over the course of the emotionally charged weekend that follows, Tallie makes it her mission to provide a safe space for Emmett, though she hesitates to confess that this is also her day job. What she doesn't realize is that Emmett isn't the only one who needs healing-and they both are harboring secrets.

Alternating between Tallie and Emmett's perspectives as they inch closer to the truth of what brought Emmett to the bridge's edge-as well as the hard truths Tallie has been grappling with since her marriage ended-This Close to Okay is an uplifting, cathartic story about chance encounters, hope found in unlikely moments, and the subtle magic of human connection.

  • ISBN10 1538715376
  • ISBN13 9781538715376
  • Publish Date 16 September 2021 (first published 2 February 2021)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 7 December 2024
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Grand Central Publishing
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 320
  • Language English