On a spring morning in early May, Diane wakes up to find her beautiful 16-year old daughter, Callie, lying dead on the floor of her bedroom. The police find a suicide note in Callie’s jewelry chest and Diane’s whole world, as she had previously known it, falls apart.

A difficult subject matter, and a book that I struggled with so unfortunately could not finish it.

I absolutely loved this book. I really did - it was such an incredible read from start to finish. While it's an intense and heartbreaking depiction of losing a child to suicide, it's also an amazing story about the afterlife and very well written. "The Dreaming Road" is ultimately a hopeful book and one that I will highly recommend to my friends, family members, those interested in the afterlife, and anyone who has been affected by suicide.

4 deeply spiritual stars to The Dreaming Road ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

The author, Elizabeth Moore, wrote this book after her daughter committed suicide, as part of her healing. From the start, the deep authenticity of emotions is present, and that can only be explained by the author’s first-hand understanding of her own grief.

In this fictional account, Diane’s daughter, Callie, has taken her life. What happens after is an exploration of a mother’s steadfast search for answers, as well as Callie’s side of the story in the afterlife, which is where spirituality enters the story. Some wonder what happens when we die, and this is just one explanation of that. It sounds like it has the potential to be trite, but it wasn’t. The author handles this side of things with the utmost care. You do have to suspend disbelief to fully buy-in to the portrayal or maybe not- depending on your own spiritual beliefs.

I know this story won’t be for everyone. Suicide is a taboo subject, and it’s not easy to read a book like this. I appreciated the thought and gentleness conveyed the by the author. Diane and Callie had a journey ahead of each of them towards finding peace, and the perspective on healing was hopeful.

Thank you to Elizabeth Moore for her bravery and eloquence in writing this book. Thanks also to Turning Stone Press/She Writes and Netgalley for the copy.

As a Mother this book hits a nerve. It is every Mother’s greatest fear that they will lose one of their children, add suicide and well I can’t even go there. This book follows Diane trying to maneuver her grief and find answers but it also follows Callie as she moves through the afterlife. The feelings of Diane and Callie are so intense it broke my heart. I won’t lie I found myself crying through this book but it didn’t stop me from investing in the story which I will add I read in one night. This is a wonderful book that really needs more than 5 stars