Five years ago, Nora Wilder disappeared. The older of her two daughters, Zadie, should have seen it coming, because she can literally see things coming. But not even her psychic abilities were able to prevent their mother from vanishing one morning.
Zadie’s estranged younger sister, Finn, can’t see into the future, but she has an uncannily good memory, so good that she remembers not only her own memories, but the echoes of memories other people have left behind. On the afternoon of her graduation party, Finn is seized by an “echo” more powerful than anything she’s experienced before: a woman singing a song she recognizes, a song about a bird…
When Finn wakes up alone in an aviary with no idea of how she got there, she realizes who the memory belongs to: Nora.
Now, it’s up to Finn to convince her sister that not only is their mom still out there, but that she wants to be found. Against Zadie’s better judgement, she and Finn hit the highway, using Finn’s echoes to retrace Nora’s footsteps and uncover the answer to the question that has been haunting them for years: Why did she leave?
But the more time Finn spends in their mother’s past, the harder it is for her to return to the present, to return to herself. As Zadie feels her sister start to slip away, she will have to decide what lengths she is willing to go to to find their mother, knowing that if she chooses wrong, she could lose them both for good.
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A story of two sisters, their secrets, and their unbreakable connection – their mom disappeared years ago, and they drifted apart only to reunite in an attempt to find their mother.
I instantly fell in love with both sisters. My heart broke when theirs broke, and my hopes soared when theirs soared. I traveled on this road trip with them as though I was a third sibling along for the ride!
With equal parts real human struggle and difficult supernatural strengths, this book gave us an incredible journey of admitting hard truths, daring to hope, and acceptance of what was.
*Fair warning* If you are emotionally invested in this story, have tissues ready! It doesn’t end how you’d expect, but that’s what makes it sooo good!
Ruth Emmie Lang was born in Glasgow, Scotland and has the red hair to prove it. When she was four years old, she immigrated to Ohio where she stills lives today. She has since lost her Scottish accent, but still has the hair. Ruth lives with her husband and son on two wooded acres in the Cleveland area. Her first novel, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance, was a finalist for the Ohioana Book Award.
Follow her on Twitter and Instagram: @ruthemmielang
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