For fans of Close Enough to Touch and Me Before You
comes a poignant and moving novel about two patients who fall in love
as they recover from traumatic injuries in the same hospital ward...all
without seeing each other.
Alice Gunnersley and Alfie Mack sleep just a few feet apart from one
another. They talk for hours every day. And they've never seen each
other face-to-face.
After being in terrible accidents, the two now share the same ward as
long-term residents of St. Francis's Hospital. Although they don't get
off to the best start, the close quarters (and Alfie's persistence to
befriend everyone he meets) brings them closer together. Pretty soon no
one can make Alice laugh as hard as Alfie does, and Alfie feels like
he's finally found a true confidante in Alice. Between their late night
talks and inside jokes, something more than friendship begins to slowly
blossom between them.
But as their conditions improve and the end of their stay draws closer,
Alfie and Alice are forced to decide whether it's worth continuing a
relationship with someone who's seen all of the worst parts of you, but
never seen your actual face.
A tender novel of healing and hope, Before I Saw You reminds us that
connections can be found even in the most unexpected of places--and that
love is almost always blind.
