Author of 9/11 Memoir Pens Fictional Story Depitcting Life-After-Death

SEATTLE - Jan. 15, 2015 - PRLog -- Abigail Carter, author of acclaimed memoir, The Alchemy of Loss: A Young Widow’s Transformation, about her experience losing her husband in the World Trade Center on 9/11 has written a fictional novel, Remember the Moon, based on her experiences as a widow.

“This story originally began as a tongue-in-cheek look at how my dead husband Arron might find ways of communicating with me from the afterlife,” explains Carter.

“For a number of years after his death, I experienced "signs" of his presence, from lights turning on to a smell of smoke that followed me everywhere to seeing butterflies in unusual places. I met with a few psychics and had readings where I was told my husband was communicating with me. My experience with the psychics had me wondering what his "life" was like in the afterlife and how he might react to being there and I thought it would be a fun premise for a book. It’s something every widowed person wonders: where did my loved one go?”

The Lovely Bones meets Ghost, Remember The Moon is an inspiring story of everlasting love that reaches far beyond the grave. Jay is a successful businessman, husband, and father. His sudden death leaves his wife, Maya, hollow with grief, and their seven-year-old son, Calder, spins destructively out of control. With help from a spirited afterlife therapist, Jay revisits his past, discovering hard truths about himself and the world he left behind. He attempts to comfort Maya and Calder in their grief while discovering his true “spirit” self. When Maya hires a psychic to communicate with him, Jay learns her darkest secret and in his shock, inadvertently sends her on a path of ill-fated romance. Confronted with the decision to either follow his mortal instincts or help his wife find love, Jay must learn to transcend everything he ever was.

From IndieReader:

“This is a truly sweet story, with protagonists who are imperfect, caring, and thoroughly human. There are moments of great tenderness throughout the book, and Carter's evocative writing brings them to vivid life. The love affair between Jay and Maya is told in flashbacks, giving color to their present experiences, especially to their separate views of Jay's rival, Marcus. Calder is a believable kid, lovable but sometimes trying, struggling with hard times but demonstrating an appealing youthful resilience. All three family members - and Marcus, too - visibly grow during the book, and their relationships, while strained, are not broken entirely by Jay's death. Remember the Moon is a touching and intimate look at the bonds that last beyond death, and the generosity of spirit needed to truly love another person.”