Comfort

Reach for this book when your child is navigating the messy reality of recovery, whether they are personally recovering from an illness or adjusting to a parent returning from war with invisible scars. Set in 1945, the story follows Ann Fay Honeycutt as she returns home from a polio hospital only to find that the peace she expected is complicated by her father's combat trauma and her own physical limitations. It is an honest exploration of how families heal together when life does not simply go back to normal. This book is best suited for readers aged 10 to 14. It offers a profound look at resilience and the courage required to find a new version of comfort in the face of permanent change. Parents will value how it validates that healing is a slow, non-linear process that requires empathy for oneself and others.