Every Story Is A Love Story

A tender, sweeping novel about the nature of mercy and the astonishing ways that love can bloom among ruins – from the New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND PEN/FAULKNER AWARD WINNER
A NEW YORK TIMES PICK FOR 2026

‘A book of heartwrenching what ifs that will keep you guessing and thinking about loss, forgiveness, family and, yes, love’ CHARMAINE WILKERSON
‘Exquisite’ MARCIA HUTCHINSON
‘Heart-stopping’ JACQUELINE WOODSON
‘Captivating’ ANDREW SOLOMON
‘A formidable storyteller’ JONATHAN FRANZEN

‘The envelope remained on the table, a bomb fashioned to go off in the ruins of his life.’

Wolo’s universe ended in an instant when his pregnant wife Yoma was killed in a tragic car accident. Now, three years later, he has received a letter fr