1. A Hidden Hope The urn was glinting in the gold evening light slanting across the bookcases. Three weeks after the funeral, cards of sympathy were still lined across two of the shelves. Charlotte had stopped reading them. Individually they were sweet. Thoughtful, even. But after a while they all began to sound perfunctory. Thinking of you. Sorry for your loss. She'll always be with you. They meant well, of course. But those supposedly comforting words didn’t make it h