Life Without Summer

life-without-summer-cover7-252x3801Life Without Summer draws a haunting portrait of two women whose lives converge after a hit and run accident outside a school. Fans of Deep End of the Ocean and Good Grief will be transfixed by this novel about family, forgiveness and the struggle to find hope in healing. More»

In bookstores now.

Latest News

February 1 ~ Lynne’s new blog is up at Family-Life-Stories.com!

May 25 ~ LIFE WITHOUT SUMMER in paperback.  Available in hardcover now.

July 6 ~ SEA ESCAPE published in hardcover.  Available to pre-order now.

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Sea Escape

sea-escape_1Acclaimed novelist and nationally recognized family expert Lynne Griffin returns with
Sea Escape–an emotional, beautifully imagined story inspired by the author’s personal family letters about the ties that bind mothers and daughters.  Available for pre-order now.  In bookstores July 6, 2010.

Meet Lynne

griffin-lynne03-c2a9-jerry-bauerLynne Griffin writes about family life. She is the author of, Sea Escape-A novel to be published by Simon & Schuster in July 2010, Life Without Summer-A novel (St. Martin’s Press, 2009), and the nonfiction parenting title, Negotiation Generation: Take Back Your Parental Authority Without Punishment, (Penguin, 2007).

Lynne teaches family studies at the graduate level, and writing at Grub Street Writers in Boston.  She appears regularly on Boston’s Fox Morning News talking about family life issues.  Lynne writes for the blog, Family Life Stories.