In Search of Leo (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781738815821)

When you lose someone you love, how far would you go in search of them?

And what if the only way you can find them is by first losing yourself along the way?

Devastated by grief at the loss of her beloved dog, Leo, Heidi ventures into the woods behind her home, hoping to find him there.

She meets strange and eccentric characters along the way, but no one seems inclined to give her a straight answer about Leo's whereabouts.

Frustrated and confused, Heidi begins to wonder if there is more to these characters than meets the eye. The Oldest Witch who lives in a snow bubble of denial. The Omniscient Man who trivializes Heidi's pain. The lonely woman, Gaia, who is consumed by anger. And many others.

As Heidi struggles to make sense of their cryptic responses, she must also navigate her own emotions and face up to the distinct possibility she has been refusing to consider all along. Perhaps Leo is truly gone forever and she may never find him.

Drifting from one dreamlike encounter to another, Heidi discovers that the journey through grief, from loss towards acceptance, is a meandering. It unfolds of its own accord, often seemingly without purpose or reason. But can she survive it without first getting hopelessly lost?