From the author of Call the Canaries Home comes a young woman’s journey through grief and resilience when the loss of her son forces her to start over—until a face in a crowd changes everything.

The disappearance of her fiancé in World War I left Ruth Beddingfield well acquainted with grief. Determined to find a life for their son Jonah beyond their dusty, dead-end town, Ruth is eyeing the city and all its opportunities.

But tragedy isn’t done with her yet.

After a devastating tornado rips through the community, taking Jonah with it, Ruth packs away what’s left of her life and leaves everything else behind. Her home, her memories, her hope for something better.

When she meets Everett, a charming traveling salesman, he reignites that hope. Ruth joins his medicine show, roving across the Midwest and into the South, building a new family alongside him and a wily orphan named Wren.

The road to healing is blooming, until one day, Ruth is thrust backward with just a glance. A young boy on a crowded street, his face achingly familiar.

Jonah is gone. But if that’s true, why can she no longer believe it?

© 2027 by Laura Barrow. Original quotes from Peter Pan and Wendy, by J. M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911); and Peter Pan, directed by Herbert Brenon (Paramount Pictures, 1924). ℗ 2026 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.