Have you ever opened a book and fell right in? Fell hard from the 1st paragraph? Like in 7th grade when you had a huge crush on someone and just needed to be near them, learn all about them, hear and understand every word they said? Well, this is that book.

I read this book in a day and a half. I raced through the first 300 or so pages, then slowed to a crawl because I did not want it to end.

And If it is possible to have more than one favorite character in a book, then I have 4. Each character is diverse and individual, but come together to create a magical, heartwarmning, heartbreaking and beautiful story.

The past and the present come together flawlessly, and the future seems filled with hope.

Dr. Schwarz is an amazing storyteller. She weaves lives and times together into beautiful patterns.

Read this book and share the story with those you love.

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Three characters. Three different experiences. But, the author links them in an emotionally rending way to create this novel.

Six year old Ben is the only survivor of a birthday party where a man shoots those attending. Clare lives alone in a nursing home where she will soon to mark her 100th birthday. Lucy, an ER doctor, is dealing with a traumatic separation and her failing marriage.

Ben suffers from post-traumatic amnesia as he blocks out the deaths of his friends and the mothers attending the party, insisting his name is Leo. Claire reflects about her life and the secrets she never shared believing that they matter only to her.

The book is narrated by all three. It is fascinating the way the author connects three such different situations to mold an emotional filled book, one that makes us all think about our own lives and the secrets we hold.

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