Shane Galanter has walked away from a lifetime of wandering and is ready to put down roots. But questions from a long-ago summer remain. Is there a woman somewhere who every now and then remembers those days, and a love that hasn't faded with time? Lauren Gibbs is a successful international news reporter for a major magazine. The last time she was in love was the summer of 1985, but she gave up thoughts of happily ever after the day Shane left. Six months later she gave up something else: Her first and only child. Since then she has never looked back. But she has no answers for the question that still haunts her: Why is life so empty? Emily Baker is the child Lauren gave up for adoption. Now she is a college senior about to take her first job and start a life of her own. But before she can move ahead, she feels compelled to search out the woman who gave her up, the one who allowed her a lifetime of love with the devout older couple who raised her. Emily's search leads to Lauren, who forbids her to search for her birth father. But Emily is too determined a young lady to give up her search that easily. Emily's determination eventually puts both Shane and Lauren in the awkward position of having to re-examine their hearts--and their decisions, both past and present. Emily is forced to face some questions of her own--such as whom she will choose as her real family. Unabridged. Approximately 13 hours. Read by Kathy Garver. 11 CDs. |
