by Lisa Genova
First published 2013
Olivia's world shattered when her autistic son Anthony died. Adrift on Nantucket, she grapples with her loss, desperate to understand his brief life. A chance meeting with another grieving woman sparks an unlikely connection - and brings Anthony's memory alive in an astonishing way. As Olivia confronts her own heartbreak, she discovers that happiness and autism can, in fact, coexist.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, grief
Setting: Nantucket Island (Mass.)
474 pages · Hardcover · Thorndike Press
Content warnings: mental-illness