Expected Publication: November 5, 2013
Format: E-Arc via NetGalley
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Rating 4/5
Synopsis
A deeply moving, beautifully-written picture of how
the smallest crack in a relationship slowly, over decades, becomes a canyon too
wide to bridge.When Lucy meets Matt on a blind date, Matt is instantly hooked; he sees Lucy as the fun, sexy, and wickedly smart girl of his dreams. Although she’s still getting over an old lover, Lucy is won over by Matt’s sweet, thoughtful nature. But 20 years later, alone in an empty house trying to imagine the lives of her two young children, Lucy comes to realize that the little lies you tell can create more damage than the truth you’re hiding.
My Thoughts
The story of Matt and Lucy
was doomed from the get go. Lucy was a wild, fun sexual woman while Matt was
the honest to god good guy every mother wants for her daughter. Lucy had been
and quite honestly was still in love with her ex Griffin. Lucy and Griffin had
that kind of raw magnetic pull to each other that was all wrong; they only
things they shared were sex and drugs, nothing “real.”
Lucy decides to go out on
a blind date with Matt and wasn’t really interested but kind of used him to get
over Griffin. After months of dating Matt, she finds out she is pregnant and
just when she was going to tell him Griffin shows up. Instead of pushing
Griffin away she spends one last night with him. Fast forward a few years and
Lucy and Matt are married and have one child and another on the way. Lucy is
starting to feel trapped; she thought she could be happy with Matt and live
that “perfect” family lifestyle. After having her son she suffers from post-partum
depression. She feels lost but with the help of Matt she begins to find her way and
decides to get a job to help her get out of the house for a few hours. That’s when
it happens…she spots Griffin.
Lucy just can’t help
herself and she begins to have an affair, soon after Matt founds out and the
drama begins. Griffin is like Lucy’s drug. All she thinks about is him, knowing
he doesn’t want anything serious. While filing for divorce Matt wants custody
but at that time the mother always got custody. Matt doesn’t give up hope; he
wants his kids after realizing Lucy is unfit to take care of their children. With
drugs and other men around he wants better for his kids, so he decides to take
matters into his own hands. On a family vacation he decides he will kidnap the
kids and start over.
Not to give it all away
but let’s just say there are years of being on the run and things aren’t so
easy for Lucy either. While I didn’t like the character of Lucy, being selfish
and all you can’t help feel her pain in wanting to find her children. But was
it all Lucy’s fault? She was always very clear to Matt about who she was and
about her past. Matt always knew he was second in Lucy’s life…after Griffin but
he always thought he could change her.
So it is true we only
believe what we want to believe? We all know deep down what is right and what
is wrong but sometimes our hearts lead us and not our heads. This is what makes
me love this story however the ending….made me want more! I'm that kind of person
who needs everything tied up in bow and wants no stones left unturned. This is
a wonderfully written story about family, love, and sometimes doing the wrong
things for the right reasons. I highly recommend
this…PLEASE READ THIS! It will definitely make you question if we are really
truthful with the people in our lives, but most importantly are we honestly truthful with ourselves.
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