Annika Rose, a quiet, brilliant student with undiagnosed autism, meets Wes Winters at the University of Illinois chess club in the early 1990s. He helps her find her footing in college, and they fall in love. Then something goes wrong. Tracey Garvis Graves alternates between their college years and 2001 in Chicago, where the two meet again after a long separation. Annika has built a careful, solitary life, and Wes is a man still haunted by what he lost.
Readers who like love stories about second chances, and who want a heroine with a neurodivergent point of view handled with warmth, should pick this up. It is about how people who feel different learn to connect, and how guilt and misunderstanding can keep two people apart for years.
Practical, inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Curious Generalist. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
