I'm late to the party here because Marisa de los Santos has gotten critical praise all over the place for her novels Belong to Me, Love Walked In, and Falling Together, and until The Precious One, I had never read any of her work! What a dope I am.
This novel is beautifully written, has a great story of fractured and mended families, and a genuine, relateable love story.
After 15 years of silence Taisy Cleary's genius, cold, unapologetic father invites her for a visit and requests she pen his memoir. Determined to sort out her feelings for him, curious to connect with her half-sister Willow, and perhaps interested in seeing what the love of her life (who her father had a hand in running off) is up to, Taisy accepts.
Told in the funny, smart voice of Taisy and the earnest, heart-breakingly young voice of Willow, this is a great novel full of secrets, love, obsession, and forgiveness.
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– Annie