The Hearts We Leave Behind: A Novel

DO YOU BELIEVE IN DESTINY?

From the bestselling author of The Keeper of Stars and The Long Road Back to You comes a story that will have you believing in destiny.

Following a rocky split from her longtime fiancé, 29-year-old Nora Dawson relocates from her hometown of Trafford, Alabama, to the picturesque town of Brentwood, Tennessee, where she moves into a small house and takes up a nursing position at Belle Haven, a retirement facility located among the rolling green hills of central Tennessee. There, Nora discovers an unexpected kinship with one of the residents, a cantankerous old man named Fred Carlisle. Despite his prickly exterior, Fred hides a lifetime of stories, one of which will alter the trajectory of Nora’s healing heart.