Love Anthony

Remember how you couldnt put down Still Alice? Well, clear your schedule-because youre going to feel the same way Jodi PicoultFrom the bestselling author of Still Alice and Every Note Played comes a heartfelt novel about friendship and a mother coping with the loss of her autistic son. Olivia Donatellis dream of a normal life was shattered when her son, Anthony, was diagnosed with autism at age three. He didnt speak. He hated to be touched. He almost never made eye contact. And just as Olivia was starting to realise that happiness and autism could coexist, Anthony died. Now shes alone in a cottage on Nantucket, separated from her husband, desperate to understand the meaning of her sons short life, when a chance encounter with another woman facing her own loss brings Anthony alive again for Olivia in a most unexpected way. In a piercing story about motherhood, love and female friendship, Lisa Genova offers us two unforgettable women on the verge of change who discover the small but exuberant voice that helps them both find the answers they need.Fans of The Reason I Jump and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time will love Lisa Genovas story: always authentic and utterly moving.