The Language of Dragonflies

 

A mother’s love is a force that can build a sanctuary, even in the shadow of goodbye.

 

Maria and her seven-year-old son, Caleb, arrive in a sleepy town with little more than a busted lip, a desperate hope, and a car full of secrets. Fleeing a dangerous husband, Maria is determined to build a safe life, finding an unexpected family in the elderly neighbors who quietly envelop them in a community stronger than blood.

 

For two years, Maria and Caleb flourish, their world blooming with the kindness of a widowed mechanic, Carlos, and the steadfast wisdom of the “Council of Windows” on Sycamore Street. Just as Maria dares to believe they are finally safe, a devastating diagnosis shatters their fragile peace: she has only three months to live.

 

Faced with an impossible deadline, Maria embarks on her most urgent journey yet. She begins writing a guide for her son—The Language of Dragonflies—a book to teach him how to find her in the world after she is gone. But a book is just words. She must now entrust the living legacy of her love to the makeshift family she has found, relying on them to teach Caleb the lessons of a lifetime in the precious days she has left.

 

A breathtaking story of heartbreak and boundless hope, The Language of Dragonflies is a poignant reminder that family is not always what you’re born into, but what you build around you, and that love is the one thing that never truly dies.

 

Perfect for readers of Where the Crawdads Sing, The Secret Life of Bees, and The Great Alone.