When Kathryn Garner took her life, she could not have known the devastation she would unleash for her family, friends, and the people she came in contact with every day. She was hurting, but she did she have any clue as to the pain her ultimate solution would cause the other women in her life?

Dealing with the aftermath of suicide is difficult for family, friends, and even people who knew the deceased in everyday situations. That one desperate act unravels so many lives. Sometimes it helps to know that there are others going through the same kind of turmoil as Those She Left Behind.

Tonya Thomas writes contemporary short fiction with themes affecting women. It's fiction women of all ages and nationalities can relate to. She hails from Newark, New York, where she lives with her husband and two cats, Sasha and Simka.