Rating : - Not as engaging as the rest of her work
Paige is a runaway who moves to the big city to leave her past choices behind. Nicholas is an extremely promising young medical student. When the two meet at Mercy, the restaurant where Paige finds a job as a waitress, they have nothing in common but feel an instant connection. Their relationship is strained, however, by their different life stages, Nicolas' disapproving family and demanding work, and Paige's plethora of mommy issues.

Quote: "But he did not know the little details, the things only a lover would know- What had she named the mutt her father made her give back to the animal shelter?"

I usually really like Jodi Picoult books, but I enjoyed this one less than most of her others. The chapters coming from different points of view felt chunky and disjointed, and didn't seem to add anything to the story. The characters were strange and I didn't find them to be developed enough for their choices to seem plausible.