Alison Reads

Landvik has done it again with her seventh book. She excels in writing about characters who survive terrible tragedies, so her books are not the best to listen to in a car–though the tragedy is not the central focus of the book. In this book, the main characters are a young man named Joe and a young woman named Kristy. We first meet them in their senior year in high school in 1971-72 (also my senior year, and probably the author’s as well because every detail was just right). Joe is a star hockey player and good kid and Kristy is the beautiful reckless head cheerleader. They become friends and then more than friends, and their relationship continues off and on for the rest of their lives. Joe ends up running a very successful grocery store; to find out what happens to Kristy you’ll have to read the book.