Many thanks to NetGalley and Gallery Books for gifting me a digital ARC of this wonderful debut novel by Helen Fisher - 5 stars for a thoughtful, faith-filled look into our relationships and connection with the past.
Faye is happy in her life - she has a fulfilling job working with the blind, she is married to Eddie, who is studying to be a vicar, and the mother of two young girls. She is also still mourning the loss of her mom when she was very young. Although she was happily adopted by an older couple, details about her mom and her death were kept away from her. One day, Faye finds a picture of her and her mom in a storage box when something amazing happens - she is transported back to the past a year before her mother died. They are able to connect as adults and Faye is thrilled. Until she goes back to the present and realizes that she can't tell Eddie or anyone else about what happened. She is desperate to go back and spend more time with her mom yet afraid to do anything to alter her present life.
This book is written as if Faye is talking to you, the reader. I loved that connection - it pulled me in and took me along for the ride. I loved how strong Eddie's faith is and how he believed in his path without question. That faith spills out all over this book and these characters and their relationships to each other. There is not an unlikeable character in this book! There is so much wisdom here about reconciling our past and coming to terms with our grief, never veering into the preachy but just so heartfelt. Highly recommended and looking forward to more from this author in the future!
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