“I wonder if maybe all you do is meet people and lose them and your smile fades the further you go because you have to carry the space they leave. Maybe it all just turns into old pictures on a bookshelf, engraved rings, memories of sticking stars to a ceiling, and maybe the space gets bigger and heavier every year.”

Wow! What a thought-provoking (historical fiction, really?! I feel old) novel. This book resonated with me, as April’s story has a lot of similarities to someone close to me, and Ithaca is a stone’s throw away. Allison Larkin’s writing is compelling, leaving me wanting more and invoking so many emotions. I found myself hopeful for April, unwilling to leave her side until I knew she’d have her chosen family and would finally make it home. I’ll be thinking about this novel for some time to come.