The Mourners' Bench is an original, poignant, & affecting love story about memory, perspective, temptation, & forgiveness. Susan Dodd creates characters who will linger in the reader's mind long after the tale has reached its inevitable end. It's the story of two estranged relatives attempting to mend the passing of time apart upon the wishes of one dying man, Wim-the husband of Leandra's sister. Remembering a distant time when Leandra moved from her quaint South Carolina town to care for her bedridden sister in the New England, she's cast into a web of mixed emotions & fragile barriers, upon her reuniting with Wim. As he re-enters her life, a charming romance evokes filled with heartbreak, betrayal & love. The Mourners' Bench is sure to be a classic tale.