Three stories come together. Enjoyed. ( )

Just a lovely, lovely book. Three characters, whose lives converge, in a beautiful moving story line, that was absolutely compelling and hard to put down. I couldn’t have enjoyed this one more.

Three of my favorite quotes -

“This place wasn’t mine, just as Leo was never mine. We have things for a while, and then they’re gone, and we’re lucky to have had them at all”

And

“Nothing is perfectly clean; there’s always a trace of what came before”

And

“At that moment, I made a decision; to give him my secret, or at least a part of it, to keep.
It’s our secrets that make each of us different from everyone else - our secrets and what we choose to love”

You’ll have to read the book to see how these themes coalesce in this wondrous story! ( )

This is such a beautiful story it made me cry.

The possible world is the story of four people, Ben, Leo, Lucy and Claire.
Ben, a boy of six years, whose just lost his mother to a brutal murder, Leo, a boy who lives in Ben's head and memories, Lucy, an ER doctor, whose life is falling apart and Claire, a lady, almost hundred years who is experienced loss more than anobody should.
They are all very different but still they are connected. The connection between them isn't clear until later in the book and it keeps you guessing and interested in the story from the beginning to the end.

Like I said, the story itself is marvelous and so, so beautiful. It's not particularly happy, it's actually quite sad and full of darkness and misery. It goes through Leo and Claire's story in their memories and Lucy lives through her life that is falling apart. It is so hard to put into words how I felt when reading this book. It's been awhile since I really cried when reading a book.

In the end, they all felt happiness. They all had they happy endings in a way. And after I closed the book, it was really hard for me to fall asleep because I was so, so overwhelmed with the book and how it made me feel. It was truly, truly beautiful and it is still hard for me to comprehend that I've finished it. ( )

Oh my heart! What a beautiful story. The characters were so real and developed so beautifully I feel like they were real people. Loved how their lives all came together for a very satisfying ending. ( )

I finished this late last night, then felt bereft. Tempted to go back to the beginning and read it again I loved it that much. ( )