Sunlight Finds You by Laura Moriarty

Sunlight Finds You is a love story from the American novelist Laura Moriarty, the author of The Chaperone, and a Read With Jenna book club pick. (She is not related to the Australian Moriarty sisters.)

In postwar Florida, where the social rules are rigid, seventeen-year-old Nora arrives from small-town Missouri and falls for Leonard, a shy, brilliant boy from a well-off New York family. His mother likes her; his father does not. When Nora is pushed into cutting off all contact with Leonard, she makes a choice that costs her the family she loves and sets off years of secrets and betrayals.

A warm, absorbing novel about first love, family and forgiveness, spanning decades. For readers of Ann Patchett's Tom Lake.

'Perfectly captures the joy and exquisite pain of first love, and the sacrifices that change our lives forever.' Toni Jordan

'The kind of book that makes you lean closer, then hold your breath as the beauty and betrayal unfold.' Ariel Lawhon