An astonishing novel about redemption and forgiveness from the
"amazingly talented writer" (HuffPost) and #1 New York Times
bestselling author Jodi Picoult.
Some stories live forever...
Sage Singer is a baker. She works through the night, preparing the day's
breads and pastries, trying to escape a reality of loneliness, bad
memories, and the shadow of her mother's death. When Josef Weber, an
elderly man in Sage's grief support group, begins stopping by the
bakery, they strike up an unlikely friendship. Despite their
differences, they see in each other the hidden scars that others can't.
Everything changes on the day that Josef confesses a long-buried and
shame-ful secret and asks Sage for an extraordinary favor. If she says
yes, she faces not only moral repercussions, but potentially legal ones
as well. With the integrity of the closest friend she's ever had
clouded, Sage begins to question the assumptions and expectations she's
made about her life and her family. In this searingly honest novel, Jodi
Picoult gracefully explores the lengths to which we will go in order to
keep the past from dictating the future.