LOVE ANTHONY PB B FORMAT – LISA GENOVA

From the author of international bestseller Still Alice, a heartfelt novel about friendship and a mother coping with the loss of her autistic son I m always learning about how my brain doesn t work right . . . But it doesn t feel broken to me. Olivia Donatelli s dream of a normal life was shattered when her son, Anthony, was diagnosed with autism at age three. He didn t speak, hated to be touched, almost never made eye contact. Then, just as Olivia was learning that happiness and autism could coexist after all, Anthony was gone. Now she s alone on Nantucket, desperate to find meaning in her son s short life, when a chance encounter with another woman, Beth, brings Anthony alive again in a most unexpected way. In a piercing story about motherhood, autism and love, two unforgettable women discover the small but exuberant voice that leads them both to the answers they need.