A Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller A girl emerges from the woods, starved, ill, and alone…and collapses. Suzanne Blakemore hurtles along the Blue Ridge Parkway, away from her overscheduled and completely normal life, and encounters the girl. As Suzanne rushes her to the hospital, she never imagines how the encounter will change her—a change she both fears and desperately needs. Suzanne has the perfect house, a successful husband, and a thriving family. But beneath the veneer of an ideal life, her daughter is rebelling, her son is withdrawing, her husband is oblivious to it all, and Suzanne is increasingly unsure of her place in the world. After her discovery of the ethereal sixteen-year-old who has never experienced civilization, Suzanne is compelled to invite Iris into her family’s life and all its apparent privileges. But Iris has an independence, a love of solitude, and a discomfort with materialism that contrasts with everything the Blakemores stand for—qualities that awaken in Suzanne first a fascination, then a longing. Now Suzanne can’t help but wonder: Is she destined to save Iris, or is Iris the one who will save her?
Publication Year: 2019
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0 0It was so good. I eventually tried to ask myself on what i want in my life too. I suddenly felt that i am one of the lost too. This book grips me so hard. I felt like this book is about me. However, I am still not so content on the ending. I felt like Iris should have accepted her new life and left everything behind and just join Suzanne’s family.
As for Suzanne, I wish she could dote more on Iris and make her feel like she has someone apart from her father. Which is truly not a man of the past as he dealt with the most obnoxious drug.
Brynn, totally caught me off guard. Didnt expect she would like get to know of her interest so soon. Like I get that she would eventually change to be a better girl but it seems like the character development was in a rush. But nevertheless, it was a good thing.
Well for the asses, Whit, Tinsley and Anson, they continued to be an ass till the end. I think I really despised Whit. He is so selfish that I was almost in rage for all of his actions. And kudos to Suzanne for still keeping her respect to both of her parents despite of their assess.
Thank you to Sonja for writing this beautiful book. I will carry this feeling with myself for as far as I could and this book will remain as a nostalgia for me.
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