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The story is told in alternating "then" and "now" timelines. In the "then" chapters, we meet a young Macy Sorensen, who has recently lost her mother and is grappling with her grief. She and her father buy a weekend house, where she meets her next-door neighbor, Elliot Petropoulos. The two form a deep and unique friendship, bonding over their love of books and sharing their favorite words. Their connection blossoms into their first love.
In the "now" timeline, Macy is a successful pediatrics resident, engaged to a stable, older man. She has a carefully constructed life, but it all begins to unravel when she runs into Elliot for the first time in 11 years. Their reunion forces her to confront the painful possibilities of why they abruptly parted ways so many years ago. The book follows Macy and Elliot as they try to navigate the present and uncover the truth about what happened in the past to see if they can find their way back to each other.
The story is told in alternating "then" and "now" timelines. In the "then" chapters, we meet a young Macy Sorensen, who has recently lost her mother and is grappling with her grief. She and her father buy a weekend house, where she meets her next-door neighbor, Elliot Petropoulos. The two form a deep and unique friendship, bonding over their love of books and sharing their favorite words. Their connection blossoms into their first love.
In the "now" timeline, Macy is a successful pediatrics resident, engaged to a stable, older man. She has a carefully constructed life, but it all begins to unravel when she runs into Elliot for the first time in 11 years. Their reunion forces her to confront the painful possibilities of why they abruptly parted ways so many years ago. The book follows Macy and Elliot as they try to navigate the present and uncover the truth about what happened in the past to see if they can find their way back to each other.
