Basically, one day can change a person's entire life.
This book was told by several people's different perspective. We have Lucy that was orphaned as a teen and raised by an abusive aunt and uncle and then homeless for a bit and then taken in by a man that would allow her to live there for sex. She eventually left for LA, homeless, a person took pity in her and housed her and became her close friend. They went to a party together, Lucy meets her future husband at the party.
Stephen, a wealthy movie director and producer fell hard for Lucy. He loved her Midwestern (from MO) innocence and background. They wed and have kids and everything seems to go smoothly, but then something happens and everything turns bad.
Stephen kidnaps his 2 kids with Lucy, moves them to New Mexico and no one can find them. Lucy looks for them for 19 years but can never find them. These two kids never leave this home in New Mexico until they reach their 20s and start to question things. They find out their mom wasn't dead (although Stephen their father told them she was) and they find their mom.
So much happens through the book. We learn what happened in Stephen's life that would make him think this was okay, to take his kids away from their mom and how he thought it was the right thing (even though he was clearly in the wrong). It's an interesting book as you are taken in their lives and can see how a child will love the parent even though they deceived and hurt them (or the other parent) as well as how quick to forgive they can be. Also, interesting to see all sides and why/how people can react the way they do.
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