This novel would make a great movie. Rachel and Any meet in a hospital waiting room one night when they are 8 years old. Rachel, the daughter of an affluent Florida family, was born with a "broken heart" and is recovering from her most recent surgery. Feeling better and touring the hospital in her wheelchair, she meets Andy who is all alone, nursing a broken arm with no parent in sight.
Throughout the years their paths cross again and again. Rachel marries a man approved by her family and has 2 children, living a picture-perfect life in an affluent suburb. Andy, son of a poor single mother, discovers a talent for running, his ultimate escape from fear, poverty, and loneliness. When their lives fall apart, both Rachel and Andy are forced to confront their good and bad decisions and to re-evaluate their priorities, eventually discovering that it all boils down to who you love.
Some of the reviews on Amazon describe this novel as disappointing or boring, but I didn't find it to be so. I enjoyed it from the first page to the last. Maybe I'm just a sucker for stories where people end up figuring it all out at the end! I'd recommend it!
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