“Let’s search for aliens,” he’d said earlier, as the violet sky had thickened to purple. Slowly, gently, like the clouds moving across the fine clip of moon above us. Underneath us, the earth drew to itself a last residue of warmth.Įddie, lying next to me, was humming the Star Wars theme tune. Stretching away toward the blackened ridge of the woods, it quivered with battalions of ants and ponderous snails and tiny, gossamer-spinning spiders. I tried to take your hand, look straight at you, but like an optical black spot you slid silently sideways, just out of reach. I tried to grab hold of you, that vivid leaf, cavorting and wriggling and giggling. I uncurled and smelled life, felt dew on my feet, saw shades of green. Then suddenly you were there: a bright autumn leaf cartwheeling over a dull pewter lawn. Earlier today I was trapped in some pointless dark thought or other, my body clenched like a metal fist. Nineteen whole years! And I’m still looking for you. Even after all these years I find myself stunned by that. The future might have seemed as insubstantial as the curled edge of a dream, but it unequivocally contained us both. That we would see each other again was never in doubt, was it? It was a question of when, not if.
It’s exactly nineteen years since that luminous morning when we smiled and said good-bye. ***This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected copy proof***
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. There is a reason for Eddie's disappearance, and it's the one thing they didn't share with each other: the truth. Minutes, days, weeks go by as Sarah becomes increasingly worried. She knows something's happened-there must be an explanation. Sarah's friends tell her to forget about him, but she can't. So when Eddie leaves for a long-booked vacation and promises to call from the airport, she has no cause to doubt him. Sarah has never been so certain of anything. And it's mutual: It's as though Eddie has been waiting for her, too. To Sarah, it seems as though her life has finally begun. When Sarah meets Eddie, they connect instantly and fall in love. because it's impossible to put down’ kind of novel.” -USA Today “This is an ‘accidentally stayed up until 4 a.m.
"I absolutely loved this book and didn't want it to end." -Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies
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