Design a cover for a book about grief that subtly conveys hope

Moving Forward, Looking Back

Beth Ann Blackwood

I'm a lawyer, marathoner and devoted pug owner.

How long does it take to move forward from the loss of the love of your life? Moving Forward, Looking Back is a week by week catalog of Beth Ann’s first year after her husband’s death. Each of the 52 chapters is broken into two parts, starting with the present and then reflecting back on the tumultuous relationship between two Type A people, from its rocky beginning to its heartbreaking end. Moving Forward, Looking Back will resonate with anyone who has experienced devastating loss.

Widows, widowers or anyone who has lost a loved one.

The book is about grief so I think it should be simple, serious, but not so somber that someone wouldn't want to pick it up. It also ends with hope, so conveying moving from dark (abject grief) to light (life can still be good) or something along those lines would be good if possible.

Nothing cutesy and no pictures of sunsets or sunrises. Nothing too obvious. :)