Book Title: THE LOVE WE FOUND
Character Name: Lucy Bea Carter Maxwell
How would you describe your family or your childhood?
LUCY: My childhood was pretty great, actually. My family lived in Connecticut, I have an older brother Jay, who I was really close with. My parents always supported my dreams—emotionally and financially. But we’re not as close anymore. And It’s my fault. You know how when you keep a secret from someone, it makes it hard to talk about other things with them? That’s what happened. And now that I’ve put up that wall, it’s hard to figure out how to deconstruct it.
What was your greatest talent?
LUCY: As a kid? I guess my greatest talent was storytelling. It might still be? I always came up with detailed, extensive backstories for my dolls and stuffed animals, and would spend hours creating situations for them based on those backstories. It’s wild that now I get paid to pretty much do the same things.
Significant other?
LUCY: Ha. Can we go with no comment on this one?
Biggest challenge in relationships?
LUCY: Picking the right guy at the right time? Actually, that’s only partially true. I think my biggest challenge is probably not letting go—of the past, of myself, of my dreams. Some people might say that’s good, but…well…it hasn’t always felt good, you know?
Where do you live?
LUCY: Brooklyn. In this amazing house I got for a song because it came with the last owner as a tenant. She’s an artist in her eighties and became one of my best friends. I know, I know, most forty-four-year-olds don’t have best friends in their eighties, but I’m telling you, if you met Eva, no matter how old you are, you’d want to be her best friend.
Do you have any enemies?
LUCY: Gosh, I hope not.
How do you feel about the place where you are now? Is there something you are particularly attached to, or particularly repelled by, in this place?
LUCY: I guess first I should say thank you for agreeing to do this on Zoom. I had to be at work for a meeting, and I know this was the only time you could talk so…oh wait, I’m losing the question here. You asked about how I feel about where I am. I love my office, to be honest. I love the view of the Hudson, I love watching the water dance in the wind. And I love that I have my kids’ photos and art around me for inspiration. And a few statues from awards I’ve won for the kids TV shows I’ve produced. I guess work is somewhere I still feel in control, you know? Still feel confident, like I know what I’m doing. I definitely don’t feel that way in my personal life.
Do you have children, pets, both, or neither?
LUCY: I’ve got three of the most amazing children. I know they’re not perfect, but they are perfect for me. I used to have a dog, Annie—short for Anniversary—but…I don’t anymore. Maybe one day there’ll be another dog in my life, but not right now.
What do you do for a living?
LUCY: I’m a children’s television producer.
Greatest disappointment?
LUCY: Myself.
Greatest source of joy?
LUCY: My children.
What do you do to entertain yourself or have fun?
LUCY: My life really revolves around my job and my kids. I go running sometimes. And I love reading. And I always have fun when I hang out with Kate and Julia. They’ve been my ride-or-dies for more than twenty years now.
What is your greatest personal failing, in your view?
LUCY: I’ve screwed up the two most important romantic relationships in my life.
What keeps you awake at night?
LUCY: Trying to decide if I should share the secret that I’ve been keeping for nine years.
What is the most pressing problem you have at the moment?
LUCY: What to do about the photography retrospective my ex-boyfriend’s editor wants me to help curate. And how much I should tell my family and friends the truth about said ex-boyfriend.
Is there something that you need or want that you don’t have? For yourself or for someone important to you?
LUCY: Closure.
Why don’t you have it? What is in the way?
LUCY: Secrets. Lies. My own disappointing self.
The Light We Lost #2
The long-awaited follow-up to the Reese’s Book Club pick and New York Times bestselling global phenomenon The Light We Lost: a thrilling love story about the roles fate and choice play in shaping a life.
It’s been ten years. In case you’re out there somewhere. In case you’re listening, I’m here. And I have so much to tell you.
It’s been nearly ten years since Gabe’s been gone when Lucy finds a tiny piece of paper in a box of his old photos. An address in Rome. Why did Gabe keep it, and what was he doing in Italy? Lucy buys a last-minute plane ticket. Impulsive, but Gabe always brought that out in her.
Lucy’s journey to uncover Gabe’s secret leads her to Dr. Dax Armstrong, a New Yorker in Italy working with an NGO. His broad shoulders and sad, intense eyes draw Lucy in. His touch reaches her in a forgotten place—one that no one has neared since Gabe.
But her old life awaits, along with an earth-shattering decision—whether she and Darren should tell their son Samuel the truth about his father. How can Lucy move forward while she’s rooted in the past? Fate broke her heart once. Can finding new love set her free?
Women's Fiction Contemporary | Romance [G.P. Putnam's Sons, On Sale: March 18, 2025, Hardcover / e-Book , ISBN: 9780593419205 / eISBN: 9780593419212]
Jill Santopolo is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Stars in an Italian Sky, More Than Words, Everything After, and The Light We Lost, which was also a Reese's Book Club pick. Her work has been translated into more than thirty-five languages and has appeared on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Apple, Amazon, and Indiebound bestseller lists. She received a BA from Columbia University and an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is also the author of three successful children's and young-adult series and works as the publisher of Philomel Books. Santopolo travels the world to speak about writing and storytelling. She lives in New York City with her family.
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