Coastal Healing (Paperback or Softback)

A shattered soldier. An unexpected rescue. A second chance at redemption.

At 27, Heather Hatfield returns to her coastal hometown in Nova Scotia, carrying the weight of a shattered career and an uncertain future. Her once-promising military service has come to an abrupt end, leaving her confidence in pieces and her sense of purpose adrift. Worse, she fears how her military discharge will read and how it might define her in ways she can't control.

Seeking solace, Heather turns to the place that once brought her peace-the rugged cliffs and salt-kissed air of her childhood. Long walks along the shore, familiar faces, and the steady rhythm of the waves seem like the perfect refuge to clear her mind and rebuild what's been broken.

But when a simple fishing trip turns into a dramatic rescue, Heather is thrust into the public eye as an unexpected hero. With the media's attention comes a looming fear: that her past will be exposed, and the fragile sense of self she's rebuilding will come crashing down. Can she outrun her past, or is this small community the key to embracing a future she never saw coming?

Bruce Graham has always been drawn to the rugged beauty of Nova Scotia's coastline-especially the Minas Basin and the Minas Channel of the Bay of Fundy. As a child, he spent endless hours exploring the shore. "I loved writing this book," Graham says. "Maybe because the coast is part of me. It certainly shaped my early life."An accomplished writer, Graham has authored a dozen books, with three adapted for the stage. His storytelling is backed by an award-winning career in broadcasting. A graduate with honors from the Radio and Television Arts program at Cambridge School in Boston, he has earned three prestigious awards: a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Radio & Television News Directors Association, the Ohio State University Award for journalistic excellence, and an Atlantic Journalism Award for his widely respected nightly television commentary, The Final Word.