![]() The youngest is too little to have any real memories of her father, killed in an accident in front of their house. Lillian has been widowed for three years, and raising her two daughters alone. THE GARDEN OF SMALL BEGINNINGS by Abbi Waxman. ![]() I read several books in the last few years with young widowed protagonists that really stayed with me, and they definitely influenced my choice to make my protagonist a young widow. I haven’t been widowed, but I’ve had widowed friends and family members. The protagonist in my work in progress (WIP) is a young widow. Cami is intensely private, but ends up in a relationship with a professional baseball player, under constant scrutiny. ![]() That led to the heroine of my first completed (but still unpublished) novel, Curveball. I got to thinking about the stress of having to look flawless every time you left the house, even if your child was ill and you were taking him or her to the doctor. I ran into the wife at our shared pediatrician’s office one day and she was dressed gorgeously with perfect hair and make up. ![]() ![]() We lived in Southern California at the time and attended church with a Los Angeles Dodger team member’s family. Another friend told me about her cousin who was married to a professional athlete and the demands put on the wives of the team members. ![]()
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