The Cat--#24 finished

This is a tough book to read.  The mother of a young boy is already a kind of loner.  The ex-husband is nearby but with a new family.  The mother has a birthmark on her face that has sort of tormented her and part of why she is a loner.  Well her you boy is killed when a car goes off the road and strikes him while he was playing in their front yard.  The mom basically wants to die as well but for a cat they had adopted and was a loved pet of her son.  She realizes she has to stay alive to take care of this cat.  Slowly she does find a way to persevere with life and finds people from her past to help on this.  While there will always be a kind of hole, she is able to move on in a sense.

There are no copies in PBS system and will probably post at some point.  I just posted some books and have to mail them off so don't need to post this and have it get requested right away--will wait a week or two.