Last Book on the Shelf

Norah Elmsward has built a new life in Chicago, but when her boyfriend Valentin suggests she move in, old fears from her family's Evanston home begin to resurface. Shepard, the estate's winsome and brooding groundskeeper, faces a turning point of his own as memories of the World's Fair draw him toward hope of renewed love.

At the Fair-and across two timelines-Norah and Shepard's stories mirror one another's, and neither can step into love or possibility while clinging to the past. Unreserved journeys meet in a tale about courage, faith, and the mysteries we rarely dare to examine up close.