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Two words. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! Edie Claire has written a wonderful novel about friendship, love, guilt and death. Joy Hudson never completely moved passed the death of her best friend, Jenny Carver, which occurred right before their high school graduation. Now, almost twenty years later, Joy must travel back to her hometown to care for her ailing father and there she runs into Jeff Bradford, Jenny's boyfriend and the man that she has always blamed for the accident. Joy knows that it is finally time to face the emotions and memories that she buried along with Jenny. She ends up purchasing Jenny's old house and then the odd occurrences begin. A song from prom plays over and over again and the door to her home opens itself on its own accord. Joy knows that Jenny is trying to tell her something, but what? Joy will need Jeff to help her regain the memories that her mind refuses to hold onto and when she does, she finds forgiveness and love that has been waiting for her. Utterly riveting. Edie Claire takes what could be a tedious and sappy subject and turns it into a wonderfully balanced tale of how the scars death and guilt can cause. Every character is richly developed and the story flows easily. The paranormal parts of this book are believable and poignant. I read it in one sitting and craved more even though I was satisfied with the ending. The only part of this story that bothered me was the quickness that Joy forgave Jeff. She had been harboring this hurt and blame for 18 years and forgives him in almost a blink of an eye. Besides that small plot point, this story is powerful and will find its way to my keeper shelf.