From author Daisy Prescott comes a fresh and heartwarming story of loss, loneliness, and coming to terms with your past.
Lucy is an adult "orphan" who follows her mothers cryptic note to "go West" after passing from breast cancer, effectively making her the only person left in her family. Her father disappeared one night when she was 9, never to be seen or heard from again. Lucy's mom believes he has been abducted by aliens, why else would the love of her life leave her and their daughter? It was all the rage on the national news at the time, and has led Lucy on a search for answers.
This is how Lucy ends up in Roswell, headed West and looking for answers. Instead, she finds a town full of tourists, little green men, and conspiracy theorists.
Enter Boone, the strong and silent man that comes in every morning for breakfast. He is always polite, always tips 20%, and never says a word. After months of routine, Boone finally speaks. And then saves her when she falls asleep on her floaty in the middle of the lake and a thunderstorm hits.
It's almost heart wrenching to read the story of lonely Lucy, but in the end she finds someone on this planet who loves and cares for her while also accepting that she may never know what happened to her father, and that's okay.
I love discovering new authors, and Daisy Prescott was new to me when I dived into Tinfoil Heart. Her synopsis intrigued me and her words sucked me in from page 1. You cannot help but love and root for Lucy and Boone. They're both wholesome characters who have their own secrets and demons, yet are able to come together and rip away the tinfoil surrounding their hearts.
Two epilogues: one for believers and one for skeptics. Both are perfect endings to this novel, but you be the judge on which you like best!
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