But (surprise!) Wyn is there too, and he and Harriet have to share a (very romantic) room and a bed. She’s ready for a vacation at her happy place-the Maine cottage she and her friends visit every summer.
So they keep it a secret from their friends and families-in fact, Harriet barely even admits it to herself, focusing instead on her grueling hours as a surgical resident. They’ve been part of the same boisterous friend group since college, and they know that their breakup will devastate the others and make things more than a little awkward. Wyn Connor and Harriet Kilpatrick were the perfect couple-until Wyn dumped Harriet for reasons she still doesn’t fully understand. Nevertheless, the rawness of Sara’s and Emilie’s struggles come through, making for a heartfelt story.Ī brisk, plot-driven, and entertaining novel.Įxes pretend they’re still together for the sake of their friends on their annual summer vacation. There are weighty themes here about a variety of societal challenges, drugs being just one of them, but they are underexplored and remain too understated. One occasionally wishes LaCour subscribed more to the “show rather than tell” philosophy, as the narrative rather clinically focuses on unfolding events. It’s all about your intentions,” a character says of the herb’s gifts.
It tells your future, so you can bear more easily the days in between. Yerba Buena, the mintlike herb with healing properties, is a recurring motif in the novel. Both Sara and Emilie meet and diverge again, trying to understand the contours of their lives and if they have room for each other in the vast messiness. They cannot deny the chemistry they share, but the past has a way of rearing its ugly head when least expected. Emilie and Sara have their respective burdens to bear-and baggage to unpack-when they meet at Yerba Buena, a high-end LA restaurant. On a parallel track, Emilie Dubois too has witnessed the devastation of drugs up close, as her sister, Colette, struggles to stay clean. But in the wake of yet another traumatic drug-related tragedy that hits uncomfortably close, Sara runs away to Los Angeles in hopes of rebooting her life. Having lost her mother and with her father shirking his parental duties most of the time, teenage Sara Foster feels a deep obligation to care for her younger brother, Spencer. Their lives upended by drugs, two young women struggle to find love-and their own true selves-as they navigate the complexities of adulthood.
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