Olivia Donatellis dream of a normal life was shattered when her son Anthony was diagnosed with autism at age three. He didnt speak. He hated to be touched. He almost never made eye contact. & just as Olivia was starting to realise that happiness & autism could coexist Anthony died. Now shes alone in a cottage on Nantucket separated from her husband desperate to understand the meaning of her sons short life when a chance encounter with another woman facing her own loss brings Anthony alive again for Olivia in a most unexpected way. In a piercing story about motherhood love & female friendship Lisa Genova offers us two unforgettable women on the verge of change who discover the small but exuberant voice that helps them both find the answers they need.