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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - [Kristin] Hannah is superb at delving into her main characters psyches and delineating nuances of feeling. --The Washington Post Book World From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Women comes a poignant evocative story that celebrates the magic of motherhood the joys of coming home and the price we so willingly pay for love. Years of trying unsuccessfully to conceive a child have broken more than Angie DeSaria s heart. Following a painful divorce she moves back to her small Pacific Northwest hometown and takes over management of her family s restaurant. In West End where life rises and falls like the tides Angie s fortunes will drastically change yet again when she meets and befriends a troubled young woman. Angie hires Lauren Ribido because she sees something special in the seventeen-year-old. They quickly form a deep bond and when Lauren is abandoned by her mother Angie offers the girl a place to stay. But nothing could have prepared Angie for the far-reaching repercussions of this act of kindness. Together these two women--one who longs for a child and the other who longs for a mother s love--will be tested in ways that neither could have imagined. Enormously entertaining.. Hannah has a nice ear for dialogue and a knack for getting the reader inside the characters heads. -- The Seattle Times.