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Violence
None
No violence
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Adult romantic relationship; tastefully handled
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The emotional trajectory of the diary and its ending are deeply moving and involve loss; not for readers who want to remain dry-eyed
What this book is about
When Katie Wilkinson's boyfriend Matthew abruptly leaves her, he sends a package containing a diary. The diary was written by a woman named Suzanne to her baby Nicholas—a record of joy, love, and the fragility of happiness. Patterson's short, emotional novel alternates between the diary's voice and Katie's present as she reads it. The story builds to a revelation that recasts everything, and an ending that has made readers cry on airplanes for decades.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
A revelation and ending that many readers find devastating
Themes of love and loss
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