Once in Every Life -- Kristin Hannah

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.<br>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.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Kristin Hannah<br><b>Publisher:</b> Ballantine Books<br><b>Published:</b> 12/23/1992<br><b>Pages:</b> 416<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.45lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.80h x 4.10w x 1.00d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780449148389<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 01/11/1993<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Kristin Hannah </b>is the #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of many acclaimed novels, including <i>The Nightingale </i>and <i>Fly Away. </i>She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii.</p>