Losing a loved one to addiction and the insurmountable grief that follows cannot be aptly defined by linear, literal description. In Once A Storm, acclaimed short fiction writer Janet Trull nimblyand thoughtfully depicts the loss experienced by a parent who loses a child. When there are no words that can do the heart justice, and the waves continue to push and tug, the author offers up that which will not fade or be washed away: the certainty of love.
