From the award-winning "New York Times "bestselling author of "Still Alice "and "Left Neglected, "comes a heartfelt novel about an accidental friendship that gives a grieving mother a priceless gift: the ability to understand the thoughts of her eight-year-old autistic son and make sense of his brief life. Two women, each cast adrift by unforseen events in their lives, meet by accident on a Nantucket beach and are drawn into a friendship. Olivia is a young mother whose eight-year-old severely autistic son has recently died ...
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From the award-winning "New York Times "bestselling author of "Still Alice "and "Left Neglected, "comes a heartfelt novel about an accidental friendship that gives a grieving mother a priceless gift: the ability to understand the thoughts of her eight-year-old autistic son and make sense of his brief life. Two women, each cast adrift by unforseen events in their lives, meet by accident on a Nantucket beach and are drawn into a friendship. Olivia is a young mother whose eight-year-old severely autistic son has recently died. Her marriage badly frayed by years of stress, she comes to the island in a trial separation to try and make sense of the tragedy of her Anthony's short life. Beth, a stay-at-home mother of three, is also recently separated after discovering her husband's long-term infidelity. In an attempt to recapture a sense of her pre-married life, she rekindles her passion for writing, determined to find her own voice again. But surprisingly, as she does so, Beth also find herself channeling the voice of an unknown boy, exuberant in his perceptions of the world around him if autistic in his expression--a voice she can share with Olivia--(is it Anthony?)--that brings comfort and meaning to them both.
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Two women suffering from loss, one a wayward husband the other an autistic child and her marriage. Through strange coincidence their lives intersect and influences both of their futures allowing them to grow through their pain to find love and life worth living again. The voice of the autistic child though silent in life comes through loud and clear after his death. A winner.
