Cause & Effect — Heather Marie Adkins

Martin's existence has centered on his wife, Sophie, for thirteen years. Their tumultuous, explosive relationship ends in adultery and her abrupt death, leaving Martin to pick up the pieces of the life she built for them â€" and a daughter he barely knows.

With the touching insights of his little girl and memories of Sophie to keep him going, Martin navigates the year after her death in a series of lists, finding that happiness is something to create, not expect.

Cause & Effect is a novella at 38,000 words or roughly 120 pages.