The Lavender Hour

Downsized from her teaching job Jessie longs for a sense of renewal and decides to spend a year on Cape Cod seeking to be cleansed by rushing ocean waters and comforted by the lavender hues of the setting sun. While there she volunteers with a local hospice program where she meets Luke a once proud fisherman whose life and body have been ravaged by cancer. Jessie’s presence is a great help to Luke’s mother who has moved in to take care of her son.. After initial misgivings Jessie and Luke forge a deep friendship and the former teacher is surprised to find herself opening up about her life the loss of her father when she was a girl her often difficult relationship with her mother and her own battle with illness. When Luke makes a critical request of his new friend Jessie must look deep within herself for an answer knowing that her actions will have far-reaching effects on Luke’s family and forever change the bonds within her own.