The possibilities - kaui hart hemmings

Very good read although the plot is very similar to The Descendants. I like how Hemmings' focus is always on the human emotions, conflicts, the interactions between people, and familial relationships. In The Possibilties, the lead character, Sarah had just lost her son to an avalanche. While clearing out his room with her best friend, Suzanne, she discovered that he had been peddling weed while working as a valet. She began to realize that there were things she didn't know about her son, Cully. Things got even more complicated when a young girl, Kit, showed up at her doorstep and subsequently left her a diary belonging to Cully. Sarah eventually learnt that the girl was Cully's girlfriend and that she was pregnant. Sarah was left in a dilemma when Kit offered the unborn child to Sarah for adoption. A part of her wanted to do it because that would mean keeping a part of Cully alive but a part of her knew that it wasn't right to mess with a young girl's life like that. I especially love the character of Lyle, Sarah's father, a witty, humorous,  sarcastic gentleman who loved his daughter very much. I also loved the interaction between him and Kit, the way they understood each other's jokes and the way they both liked and dished out little factoids.