When 50-year-old Lucas Palmer falls out of a boat into northern California's Russian River, he initiates rapid and mysterious changes in the life of his unhappy daughter Wendy. While the comatose Lucas conducts a searching inventory of his past, he must also negotiate the peace in a ludicrous battle between two after-life guides. Meanwhile Wendy gets an unexpected makeover - and learns secrets of her own past that shake her very foundations. When the parallel and mystically linked stories of LOVE AFTER LIFE converge in a gripping conclusion, every reader will be left with a new appreciation of the staying power of love and the hidden reserves of the human spirit. "A lucid, deftly told tale of the healing power of love and the tenacity of spirit." -- Tim Farrington, author of The Monk Downstairs and Lizzie's War