Lucy spends the whole book upset because her love life with Darren is not the same as Gabe’s. Well Lucy, you also decided to only date one guy after Gabe, decided “good enough” and then proceeded to be unsatisfied with your “good enough” choice. LOVE YOURSELF LUCY. EVERYONE DESERVES BETTER IN THIS BOOK AND WOULD PROBABLY GET BETTER IF THEY LEARNED HOW TO BETTER HANDLE THEIR EMOTIONS AND ALSO MAYBE GO TO COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY. There are so many kinds of secrets. The sweet ones you want to savor like candy, the grenades that have the potential to destroy your world, and the exciting ones that are more fun the more you share them. Even though our secret was a grenade, it still felt sweet to me.” Santopolo nailed the thrill and devastation that love can cause.I was gutted from the start and didn't put the book down until I was sobbing at the end.Witty, romantic and intensely moving, this book made me feel everything!" - Renée Carlino, USA Today bestselling author of Before We Were Strangers

What are your thoughts on the ending? The entire storyline was riveting as we dove into the lasting impact of first love. However, as time passes and people change, we move on from our first love—or do we? If this novel is sending a message about first love and moving on, I’d say that it argues that the flame of your first love never ceases completely, and that you can’t ever truly escape the flame until one of you dies yourself. I did not get a sense of hope from this novel…do we ever recover from the wildfire loves of our life? I can’t tell you how sad I was to learn of ______’s passing. Sending my sympathy and thoughts to you as well as remembering _____’s life and all She walks like a ballerina in dance slippers, her feet as articulate as hands, a little vessel of grace moving out into the fog.” Ron Rash is renowned for his writing about Appalachia, but his latest book, The Caretaker, begins ...The Light We Lost is a novel about the inner-workings of the human heart, a heartbreaking ode to the lengths we go to pursue our dreams and the sacrifices we make for love, with a surprising, emotional ending. Josie Silver writes with a warmth so palpable her characters sneak their way into your heart and stay for a long time. One Day in December is an exploration of love that reads like a thriller, filled with secrets and heart-aching betrayals. The perfect book to get lost in this holiday season.” You yourself were a student at Columbia University on September 11, 2001. What was it like writing about this experience through fiction? Were your own experiences similar?

The problem with living in the now is it means, by definition, you’re not making plans for the future.” Love does that. It makes you feel infinite and invincible, like the whole world is open to you, anything is achievable, and each day will be filled with wonder.” It is my favorite thing, I think, that I have ever seen. Sometimes I catch myself staring at it and forget my duties. It seems big enough to contain everything anyone could ever feel.” Lucy feels a real connection with Gabe after five seconds of knowing each other. And it's a connection so strong that they brake up after said 5 seconds. And here are some of Lucy's thoughts:These messages of remembrance can be used in a sympathy card. You can edit or change them so they fit your situation and the recipient. Lucy is faced with a life-altering choice. But before she can make her decision, she must start her story—their story—at the very beginning.