“Hooper offers an insightful and finely crafted look at how a family copes with grief . . . This memorable and stirring story of survival brings the goods.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Joyful . . . Teenage Cleo and her relationship with Edie will strike a chord with young readers.” —Booklist

“In Kim Hooper’s capable hands, humor prevails in this touching tale of loss, isolation, and forgiveness.” —Melissa Scholes Young, author of The Hive and Flood

“Kim Hooper's writing has me hooked from the first page. The father-daughter relationship between Dave, who lives with Asperger's Syndrome, and Cleo, his lonely and sarcastic teen, is funny and tender. Hooper's warm-hearted depiction of these characters paints a touching, painful, and funny portrait of loss, love, and connection. The novel left me thinking about all the ways the world can end, both large and small.” —Amy Tector, author of The Honeybee Emeralds

“With tenderness, humor, candor, and insight, Kim Hooper brings her characters from darkness to light in a story that’s ultimately about the power of love.” —Jennifer Anne Moses, author of The Art of Dumpster Diving

★Popular Books by the author Kim Hooper, who’s recommended by 'Publishers Weekly' 'Book List' 'Literary World' 'Wall Street Journal' Foreword' 'Library Journal' and many platforms and media!
◎The Wall Street Journal describes her work as ‘refreshingly raw and honest.’
◎2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Best General Fiction.
◎INDIE NEXT Pick- the American Booksellers Association.
◎A Great Group Read - Women's National Book Association.

★Kim Hooper tells the stores of Survival and Human Resilience in the modern world, with her tenderness, humor, frankness, and keen power. She brings her characters from darkness to light, and conveys the power of love and forgiveness to readers! The books talk about women's choices, family victims of social events, adolescent growth, and the world of marriage and family responsibilities…
★Kim Hooper's 2025 novel has been pre-ordered by Amazon's fiction imprint and will be release in June 2025.

Kim Hooper's titles include:
Six Novels: Ways the World Could End, All the Acorns on the Forest Floor, No Hiding in Boise, TINY, Cherry Blossoms, People Who Knew Me.
One non-fiction: All the Love: Healing Your Heart and Finding Meaning After Pregnancy Loss.

★A 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Best General Fiction.
★This is a story of grief, friendship, and love—the love between parents and children, between spouses, between teenagers, and between strangers. It is a story that requires us to consider the bounds of forgiveness, what we’re willing and not willing to forgive, and reminds us that often the hardest thing to forgive is ourselves.

Dave is a Dad with Asperger's.
He sees the world differently than most, and he feels like he has no idea what he’s doing when it comes to raising his 15-year-old daughter, Cleo. She also feels like he has no idea what he’s doing, especially now that her mom is gone.
They were both better off when Jana was around—Dave's wife, Cleo's mother. But now she's not, and they are left to figure out life on their own. Dave dedicates his attention to his newfound hobby of doomsday prepping, researching the various ways the world could end. Cleo feels like her world already has.
Everything changes when neighbors move in, threatening their isolation in the hills of San Juan Capistrano. Cleo is intrigued by the new girl, Edie, and soon finds out the intrigue is mutual. Dave, not at all intrigued, is forced to come to terms with everything he cannot control.
As they struggle to live in the present, both Dave and Cleo must dare to revisit the tragic past they share. What happened to Jana? Who was she, really? Who are they without her?

Kim Hooper

Author Kim Hooper was born in Los Angeles and has worked as an advertising copywriter for twenty years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California San Diego and a master’s in professional writing from the University of Southern California.
★The Wall Street Journal describes her work as ‘refreshingly raw and honest.’
★2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Best General Fiction.
★INDIE NEXT Pick- the American Booksellers Association.
★A Great Group Read - Women's National Book Association.

Kim Hooper's titles include:
Six Novels: Ways the World Could End, All the Acorns on the Forest Floor, No Hiding in Boise, TINY, Cherry Blossoms, People Who Knew Me.
And one no-fiction book: All the Love: Healing Your Heart and Finding Meaning After Pregnancy Loss.
And her seventh novel will be released by Amazon’s fiction imprint in 2025.

Hooper lives in south Orange County with her daughter and a collection of pets―and adores them all. When not writing, the author enjoys running, doing yoga, or reading a good book.