RENITA
BRYANT

Yesterday Mourning

Yvette is a forty-one-year-old woman struggling to cope with losing both parents during her twenties—one to terminal disease and the other to life’s complications. Over the years, she learned to repress the pain of watching her mother die and the resentment of having her father casually walk out of her life. Now, as she packs her bags to return to her Georgia hometown and the house where finalgoodbyes were never spoken, a growing sense of uneasiness intensifies.
 
Vera is the kind-hearted stepsister Yvette never imagined nor wanted. She was an innocent teenager when Yvette’s father, the Pastor, entered her life. Although broken from the loss of his beloved wife and daughters, he loved Vera as his own child and gave her the affection she so desperately needed. However, a childhood secret threatens to compromise everything Vera holds dear.
 
When the Pastor’s health takes a turn for the worse, both daughters must decide if they have the strength and courage to no longer be confined by the burdens of the past. Will Yvette overcome feelings of abandonment and forgive her father before it’s too late? Does Vera’s childhood secret hold the key to mending this family’s broken relationship.
 
Yesterday Mourning is a heartfelt and poignant novella about a family learning invaluable lessons of forgiveness, love, loss, and ultimately peace.

Reviews & Praise

“A slim, earnest novel about the ways in which parents can hurt us for life.”
–Kirkus Reviews

“Yesterday Mourning is an amazing story with a thoughtful and soul-searching message that will stay with you long after the last words have been read.” –Jersey Girl Book Reviews

“This book is a great lesson in what can happen if we are willing to put away the hurts of the past and embrace forgiveness. Yesterday Mourning doesn't preach the lesson. It demonstrates it most beautifully.”
–Kathryn Svendsen

“I couldn't put Yesterday Mourning down and now, even though I am finished with the book, I am not finished thinking about it, the characters and the story.” –Glory Hodge

“I read Yesterday Mourning in just a few days. I fell in love with the characters right away!" –Maria Rozier

“Renita Bryant pulled me into the story with her winsome writing skills. Yesterday Mourning is about love, loss, rejection and the bitterness that rejection led to. True to life, this story hurt my heart and I felt for the characters involved. A good read!”–Danie Marie