Lake Union Publishing
December 2017
On Sale: December 5, 2017
332 pages ISBN: 1542047951 EAN: 9781542047951 Kindle: B0711B67D3 Trade Size / e-Book Add to Wish List
From New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde comes a hauntingly emotional novel of how one manβs life changes forever when he rediscovers his ability to feel the pain of others.
Something has been asleep in forty-year-old cattle rancher Aiden Delacorte for a long time. It all comes back in a rush during a hunting trip, when heβs suddenly attuned to the animals around him, feeling their pain and fear as if it were his own. But the newfound sensitivity of Aidenβs βwake upβ has its price. He can no longer sleepwalk through life, holding everyone at armβs length. As he struggles to cope with a trait heβs buried since childhood, Aiden falls in love with Gwen, a single mother whose young son bears a burden of his own.
Sullen and broken from his experiences with an abusive father, Milo has turned to acting out in violent and rebellious ways. Aiden can feel the boyβs pain, as well as that of his victims. Now he and Milo must sift through their pasts to find empathy with the innocent as well as the guilty, to come to terms with their deepest fears, and to finally discover the compassionate heart of a family.
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