What a beautiful, heart-wrenching story! Morning Glory is actually 2 stories separated by 50 years. Ada Santorini moves from New York to Boat Street in Seattle to escape an unspeakable tragedy that has altered her life forever. In her rented houseboat she finds a trunk filled with mementos from 50 years earlier, including theater tickets and a wedding gown. She discovers that the trunk belonged to Penny Wentworth, the young bride who lived in the houseboat and disappeared without a trace in 1959. Ada also finds a friend (and, perhaps, the key to discovering how to live again) in Alex, who lives on a neighboring houseboat.
The story alternates between Ada in the present day and, in the past, Penny, a glowing young bride who soon discovers that her artist husband has little time to focus on their life together. Weird neighbors, a neighbor named Collin with a sympathetic shoulder to cry on, and a lonely boy named Jimmy define Penny's life on Boat Street. When Penny vanishes, never to be heard from again, after a neighborhood cocktail party, the neighbors form a pact of silence, vowing never to reveal what they believe they know about the tragedy. Can Ada, 50 years later, solve the mystery of what happened to Penny?
Jio's book is a wonderful mixture of mystery and love story, moving from one end of the emotional spectrum to the other. You'll cry, but love every minute of this novel.
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