I'll See You Again

By: Jackie Hance, Janice Kaplan

Narrated by: Jackie Hance

In this “wonderful and courageous” (Jeannette Walls) memoir, Jackie Hance shares her story of unbearable loss, darkest despair, and—slowly, painfully, and miraculously—her cautious return to hope and love.

Until the horrific car accident on New York State’s Taconic Parkway that took the lives of her three beloved young daughters, Jackie Hance was an ordinary Long Island mom, fulfilled by the joyful chaos of a household bustling with life and chatter and love. After the tragedy, she was “The Taconic Mom,” whose unimaginable loss embodied every parent’s worst nightmare. Suddenly, her life-long Catholic faith no longer explained the world. Her marriage to her husband, Warren, was ravaged by wrenching grief and recrimination. And her mind, unable to cope with the unfathomable, reinvented reality each night, so she awoke each morning having forgotten the heartbreaking facts: that Emma, age eight; Alyson, age seven; and Katie, age five, were gone forever. They were killed in a minivan driven by their aunt, Jackie’s sister-in-law, Diane Schuler, while returning from a camping weekend on a sunny July morning.

I’ll See You Again chronicles the day Jackie received the traumatizing phone call that defied all understanding, and the numbed and torturous events that followed—including the devastating medical findings that shattered Jackie to the core and shocked America. But this profoundly honest account is also the story of how a tight-knit community rallied around the Hances, providing the courage and strength for them to move forward. It’s a story of forgiveness, hope, and rebirth, as Jackie and Warren struggle to rediscover the possibility of joy by welcoming their fourth daughter, Kasey Rose Hance.

The story that Jackie Hance shares for the first time will touch your heart and warm you to the power of love and hope.

Touching

Jackie I couldn't imagine the pain you feel, I have 3 children myself and couldn't imagine losing them! This book was very well written and the commentary, especially coming from Jackie herself, made it exceptional! Absolutely worth the listen!
***SPOILER ALERT*** You will cry, laugh, and feel this womans heartbreak!

Wonderful

Loved it, my heart broke for this family, many prayers. Listen to it with a box of kleenex.

Moving story

Thank you Jackie, for sharing your personal and raw emotions after unimaginable grief. I audibly cheered when you forgave Diane at her tombstone.
This is where healing begins.
God bless you for sharing, I look forward to meeting you and E.A.K. one day in Heaven.

Great book.

Great book. Great story. Great reader. I enjoyed it very much. I would definitely recommend it.

Beautifully written and heartbreaking story.

As a mom of a daughter, I found myself many times in tears while reading this. Would I be able to handle losing a child? My child? Jackie Hance is completely honest about the aftermath of losing her three children and the devastation that it caused her in life.

After this book, I feel like a little part of me knows her and her daughters. I hope they can all find peace and someday be together again.