{"product_id":"still-healing-jem-johnson-9781954181847","title":"Still Healing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter a lifetime of caring for others, will she finally get to become the mother she was meant to be?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Tessa Bloom married the love of her life, she agreed to one thing she never thought would matter-a child free life. For decades, her husband's steady devotion was enough. Until the day it wasn't. After losing him to illness, the silence he left behind isn't peaceful-it's hollow. Now in her late forties, Tessa finds herself aching for a family she thought she'd made peace without.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer plan is simple: adopt a child, build a new beginning, and fill her home with laughter again. But adoption agencies don't see mothers in their forties-they see risks. Hope comes unexpectedly through a new student in her yoga class: a Child Protective Services agent who knows a pregnant teen in need of a safe place to stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTessa opens her door-and her heart-but love has a way of complicating even the purest intentions. Especially when she begins to fall for the agent's ex-husband; a devoted father doing his best to hold his fractured family together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the CPS agent who connected her to the teen mother discovers that Tessa and her ex-husband have found comfort in each other-and that her own children are beginning to see Tessa as home-the peace Tessa's fought so hard to protect threatens to unravel. Now Tessa must decide what she's truly ready for: the simplicity of single parenthood, or the beautiful, messy chaos of building a family from the broken pieces of her heart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoignant, romantic, and full of second chances, \u003cem\u003eStill Healing\u003c\/em\u003e is a story for every woman who's ever wondered if her time has passed. Because sometimes, the heart's deepest longing isn't behind us-it's what we're brave enough to reach for next.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jem Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1954181841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954181847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Those Johnson Girls\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.66d","brand":"Jem Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874525065471,"sku":"9781954181847","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/still-healing-jem-johnson-9781954181847","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}