You will fall in love with Lenny right from the start, and then your heart will break for her as you continue through the book.

Her sweet, naive, always-follow-the-rules personality will endear you to her.

And her repeated comment about nothing could fix what I'd done keeps you intrigued about what this gentle soul could have done.

We meet Lenny as she bicycles to her teaching job where she does her job, goes home, and does the same things over and over again.

She had some childhood trauma that makes her the way she is.

Everything needs to stay the same.

The trauma from her childhood returns every once in a while, and it came back full force when she received a letter from the parole board asking her what she thinks about Fergus her stepfather being released from prison.

She doesn't want to do anything...she just wants to forget.

We follow Lenny as chapters go back and forth from past to present.

A truly touching, but heartbreaking book you won't want to put down, and with Lenny being someone you would love to befriend and help bring out of her shell.

A marvelous debut with great descriptions, a heartfelt storyline, and wonderful characters.

Thank you to the publisher for a copy of this book. All opinions are my own.