A grieving mother finds solace from her son's death in a relationship that quickly blurs the line between friendship and intimacy   Susan Kelly's stylish, poignant newnovel portrays a year in the life of a woman after the accidental death of her teenage son. Laura Lucas is numbed by the loss, a loss that is paralleled in the spate of upscale construction—and attendant destruction—in her starter-home neighborhood. It's about Laura's relationship with a young tree surgeon who slowly becomes a replacement for her son—but also an object of desire.