However, all the characters are likable and once the reader learns the full truth, every action of every character is totally understandable.
The reader is then given a complex plot with lots of crazy twists. But there’s more, there seems to be some indication that Leo is not the father of Emma’s child. Oh, and it’s possible that since Emma did not disclose the name change when they got married, that they aren’t legally married. She had an entire identity as “Emily” before she legally changed her name to Emma. As he researches her, he learns that she has lied to him about everything. In his mind, he is writing a hymn to the woman he loves deeply and completely, to the woman he knows through and through.Īlmost immediately, there’s a major problem. But of course, that is exactly what he is already doing. It is customary to have stock obituaries on hand for celebs, especially those with a known illness.Īs they await the test results, Emma asks Leo for a favor, that if there is bad news, he won’t pre-write her obituary. She even had a BBC wildlife series some years ago for which she is still widely known.Īs the book opens, Emma is waiting for the results of a PET scan that will show the success or failure of her recent treatment for a recurrence of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.Įmma’s level of celebrity and her illness make her the perfect object of Leo’s profession – he’s an obituary writer at the local newspaper. This means she studies the places and creatures that are submerged at high tide and exposed at low tide.
They are the parents of a three-year-old daughter named Ruby.Įmma is an intertidal ecologist. They have known each other for almost ten years and have been married for seven. An extremely happy marriage built on liesĮmma and Leo are a very happily married couple.
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