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The Light We Lost

by Jill Santopolo
The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo

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"It's the epic love story of 2017 and the ending is one you'll be feeling for months to come." -Redbook

"Extraordinary." -Emily Giffin

"This moving story is a perfect understanding of the sacrifices we make for love and for our dreams." -Real Simple

"Your new tearjerker has arrived - Fans of Me Before You and One Day will love/weep over this elegant novel." -New York Post

"This read is One Day meets Me Before You meets your weekender bag." -The Skimm

"Have your tissues ready. This book will sink its hooks into your heart on page one, and leave you scarred long after you're done." -Bustle

"The Light We Lost enchanted and compelled me." -Delia Ephron, New York Times bestselling author of Siracusa

"A wonderful and heartbreaking book. . . . The kind of heartbreak that's in The Way We Were, that you really love to cry over." - NBC New York's "Weekend Today"

"Heart-wrenching yet beautiful." - US Weekly

"A beautiful and devastating story that will captivate readers." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Comparisons will be made to David Nicholls' One Day, but there is something more romantic here - yet also more grounded - that will draw readers in." - Booklist

"Gorgeously written and absolutely unforgettable, Santopolo's novel has a beating heart all its own." - Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You

"Santopolo vividly illuminates how our personal lives and loves are changed by the common-and uncommon-events of our troubled world." - Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author of The Island House

"The perfect beach read: an engrossing, romantic, and surprisingly sexy story about the power of first love." -Domino

"Santopolo nailed the thrill and devastation that love can cause. . . This book made me feel everything!" - Renee Carlino, author of Before We Were Strangers


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