Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
When a grieving woman unexpectedly steps into a different version of her life, she must choose between the love of her life and the daughter she lost in this brave, inspiring novel. Three lives. Two outcomes. One impossible choice.
Leona hopes dinner with her husband, David, will mean enjoying a rare upscale meal and help them learn how to live again after tragedy. But when she crosses the threshold of the ridiculously romantic restaurant, she quickly realizes she doesn't belong. It's not only her thrifted dress or the menu printed in Italian, it's all the clues pointing to the fact she's in a different version of her life--the one where she and David chose to live by his family's rules rather than setting out on their own and all the expectations that came with it. Instead of struggling to pay rent, she lives in a lavish home with working faucets. She's no longer teaching English to high schoolers, but attending brunch with a bunch of high society busybodies (a.k.a. her mother-in-law).
Leona would put more effort into figuring out how to get home, but there's one thing stealing all her attention: a precious little girl with her green eyes and David's curly hair. In this trajectory, her daughter Vera lived. Now, Leona must weigh the bitter and sweet of each world, choosing between the chance to be with Vera under the impossible expectations of David's family and a distant husband, or the life filled with grief, but with the man she truly loves.
Synopsis
When a grieving woman unexpectedly steps into a different version of her life, she must choose between the husband she loves and the daughter she lost in this brave, gripping novel.
"A beautiful story that will make you rethink all the moments you've wished for a different outcome."--Johanna Rojas Vann, author of An American Immigrant
Two possible lives to live. One impossible choice to make.
When Leona Warlon heads across the city to meet her husband, David, for a rare dinner out, she hopes they can share a moment of relief after their year of loss. But Leona quickly realizes this is no ordinary date night. She hasn't just stepped into an upscale ristorante; she's stepped into a different version of her life. One in which her marriage is no longer tender, in which her days are pressured by her powerful in-laws, and in which her precious baby girl lived.
Now Leona must weigh the bitter and sweet of both trajectories, facing an unimaginable choice: Stay in a world where tragedy hasn't struck but where the meaningful life she built with David is gone? Or return to a reality that's filled with struggle and sorrow but also deep and enduring love?