Summer break has just begun and Kit Carlin is on her way to a funeral - to bury her twin brother. Kit has to find a way to put the broken puzzle of her life back together following Tyler's death. She navigates through grief and family trauma by finding support in unexpected places, and in a growing understanding of what comes after life. There's laughter and tears, summer beach time on the New Jersey shore, and the complicated "rollercoaster" of young love, jealousy, and sex. The joys and pains of Kit's fifteenth summer lead her through a unique journey of recovery and self-discovery - and leave her changed forever.


Tamara Palmer knew she was going to be a writer before she could even write. She would play elaborate dramas out with her Barbies for days, even weeks, on end. As she got older, the stories made their way onto a typewriter. Tamara obtained a BA in English/Creative Writing from Eastern Illinois University, and has had a handful of short stories and essays published online and in print. Tamara blogs frequently for the career advisement business she founded in 2012, greyzone. ＂Missing Tyler＂ is her first novel. She lives just outside Chicago with her husband, daughter, and assortment of pets.