From the acclaimed author of When We Were the Kennedysand Any Bitter Thing, the incandescent story of a 104-year-old woman and the sweet, strangeyoung boyassigned to help her around the housea friendship that touches each member of the boys unmoored famil
The story of your life never starts at the beginning. Dont they teach you anything at school?
So says 104-year-old Ona to the 11-year-old boy whos been sent to help her out every Saturday morning. As he refills the bird feeders and tidies the garden shed, Ona tells him about her long life, from first love to second chances.
Soon shes confessing secrets she has kept hidden for decades.
One Saturday, the boy doesnt show up. Ona starts to think hes not so special after all, but then his father arrives on her doorstep, determined to finish his sons good deed. The boys mother is not so far behind.
Ona is set to discover that the world can surprise us at any age, and that sometimes sharing a loss is the only way to find ourselves again.
