SummaryAnna Russell is a talented painter and single mother. Her
daughter, Rachel, is a ten-year-old whose undoubtedly
gifted mind is trapped by a form of autism known as
Asperger Syndrome. When a car accident leaves Anna in a
coma, both their lives and the lives of all those around
them are changed forever. Across the Atlantic, David Mortimer receives an unexpected
phone call from Anna's mother. The scientist is stunned to
learn that he's a father. His long-ago affair with Anna was
short and intense; when she suddenly returned home to the
States, David slipped into a reclusive life of research,
haunted by memories of the girl who?d left him without
explanation. Now he knows he must break his self-imposed
isolation, go to Boston and the woman he's always loved,
meet the child he never knew he had and perhaps coax them
both out of their silence. But as David attempts to put together the puzzle of Anna's
life as an artist, mother, and daughter, he finds himself
involved in a relationship with Anna far more intimate than
he expected. Why did she leave him so many years before?
Where, as she lies in a coma, is she now? And how is it
that he loves this woman even after all these years? When
he stumbles across Anna's mysterious fascination with the
rare flowers that were once their shared passion, he and
Rachel, their beautiful, sensitive child, may just have
discovered how to help Anna find a way back, a road through
the mountains.
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