Lorna has lot on her plate as she is looking forward to closing an important sales deal on behalf of her employer. This sales deal is not only critical from her employment perspective but also essential from her personal point of view.
Since so much is riding on back of this deal, Lorna is ignoring everything else including a huge problem. That’s not so much commentary on her personal appearance but it’s also an observation on her social skills.
Once Lorna’s manager points out this unmissable blunder to her, she is hardly left with any other option but to step back from her all-so-consuming work and enter a wellness program at Bodhi. From this point forward, the novel becomes interesting but somewhat predictable.
As Lorna digs deep in herself especially as she tries to look back into her past and tries to correct the lingering mistakes, at least for the sake of honouring her dead mother’s wishes; a gradual but definite shift begins to take place in her life. It’s evident with her unconventional and gradual friendship with eight-year boy called Bean. They are neighbours and she has promised to baby sit him in the afternoon till his dad- Seth returns home.
This friendship with Bean changes Lorna profoundly. She is literally ready to open doors for new people and new experiences in her life buoyed by Bean’s enthusiasm and Seth’s optimism. Now She is ready to make few major amendments for the people she has wronged in her past in order to protect her older sister.
That older sister who has been struggling with substance abuse for most of their lives which impacted their parents’ marriage and later their broken household, is the one Lorna has to come to terms with. She also has a secret mission to recover happy days of her childhood that is centred around the house she is living right now.
On the face of it, it looks like a predictable storyline where a difficult character shunned by society transforms her life with sudden and noticeable positive changes. But what makes it intriguing enough is the element of mystery added with two crucial questions lingering throughout the timeline.
Will she be successful in her mission? How is her relationship with her sister going to chart out from here onwards?
To seek answers to these questions, it’s better to hold onto till the last pages of this novel.
*This post is based on the ARC copy provided by NetGalley.