What a ride! This started out with Never Let Me Go vibes, and also reminded me of The Giver. I thought this would be an interesting but low key read but it turned into a thriller! This world was such a fascinating concept and was so well imagined. I could not put this down. Very satisfying read.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this ARC.

Odile lives in a town of secrets. To the west, it’s twenty years behind. The towns repeat in an endless sequence across the wilderness. At 16, the children of the town begin to apprentice and Odile is hoping to be on the Conseil where she can make decisions on who can visit the other towns - parents, widowers, children, wanting to tour the past to see their loved ones once more.

When Odile recognizes a tour, she has to keep the sighting to herself. Can she? Will she? She may impact all of life as it goes forward if she does not. A story more about grief than action, this is a moving, dreamy, tale.
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