For five years Pearl has managed to keep the past from
catching up to her and her bright, frail five-year-old son.
Life has given her every reason to mistrust people, but
circumstances force her to trust her neighbor Mitch with
watching Leonard while she goes off to work. Then one day
Pearl drops her son off…and never returns.
They are an unlikely pair: Mitch is a young, unattached
business owner, and Leonard is a precocious, five-year-old
boy. But together they must find a way to move forward in
the wake of Pearl’s unexplained disappearance. Their bond as
parent and child shifts and endures, even as Mitch must
eventually surrender Leonard to a two-parent home.
Is it possible to love the people who can’t always be there
for us? The answers will surprise and move you. As their
lives unfold, profound questions emerge about the nature of
love and family. Ultimately, this novel’s richest reward is
watching Mitch and Leonard grow up together, through the
power and the magic of the human heart.
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