Events from
her past keep seventeen year old Molly a prisoner inside her home, hiding from
what happened. She longs to escape from everything holding her back and begin
life anew in this tiny tourist town she and her mother call home. Will the
chance meeting of a friend from her past give her the courage to step outside?
When Hanna
was twelve years old, she was a victim of some horrible events that lead to the
death of her father and being separated from her mother for several weeks. When
she is finally reunited with her mother, she is a very different girl. She no
longer speaks, and doesn’t want to leave the house. One day Hanna sees Claire
Rodriguez in the park and is drawn to her because of the cross necklace Claire
wears. A strange relationship develops as Claire is the only person Molly will
talk too. Claire is struggling as well. She is still grieving over the loss of
her own children in a car accident years back and her marriage falling apart in
the wake of her grief. Claire feels a renewed sense of purpose in life until
the silent little girl and her mother vanish.
This was an
excellent book! I really enjoyed how the story switched between different
narrators and time frames. It sounds confusing, but it was executed flawlessly.
The characters were realistic and captured the sense of the falleness of humanity
very well. They were by no means perfect, but they did their best with what God
had given them. This book resonates with the theme that by helping others, we
also help ourselves, often in ways deeper than we can understand.
I was given
a copy of this book to review by Bethany House Publishers. All opinions are my
own. I was not required to give a positive review.
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