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What happens after you get what youve always wanted? In Colleen Faulkners thought-provoking and emotionally compelling novel, a mother is reunited with the daughter who was abducted as a toddleronly to face unexpected and painful challenges . . . Its the moment Harper Broussard always dreamed of. Her daughter Georgina, snatched fourteen years ago during a Mardi Gras parade, is standing before her, making cappuccinos behind the counter of Harpers favorite New Orleans coffee shop. Harpers ex-husband, Remy, has patiently endured many “sightings” over the years, and assumes this is yet another false alarm. Yet this time, Harper is right. The woman who kidnapped Georgina admits to her crime. Georgina, now known as Lilla, returns to her birth parents. But in all of Harpers homecoming fantasies, her daughter was still a little girl, easily pacified with a trip to the park or a cherry snowball. In reality, shes a wary, confused teenager who has never known any mother except the loving woman whos now serving time. Harpers younger daughter, Josephine, has spent her life competing with the ghost of a perfect, missing sister. Trying to bond with the real, imperfect version isnt any easier. And though Remy has agreed to give their strained marriage another chance, he and Harper struggle to connect. Clinging to dreams of reuniting has been Harpers way of surviving. Now she must forge new ones on an often heartbreaking yet ultimately hopeful journeyone that will redefine her idea of motherhood and family.