The Love That Split the World

About the book

Emily Henry's debut novel is a mesmerizing blend of Friday Night Lights and The Time Traveler's Wife, capturing the poignant months following graduation when the possibilities of the future intertwine with the regrets of the past.

Natalie's final summer in her sleepy Kentucky town kicks off with an enchanting twist... until she starts witnessing peculiar occurrences. These anomalies begin as fleeting glimpses - her front door dons a crimson hue instead of its customary emerald, a daycare appears in lieu of the garden center. But when her entire town vanishes for hours, morphing into idyllic hills and roving buffalo, Nat senses that something is amiss.

Adding to the mystery are the apparitions of a benevolent figure whom she dubs "Grandmother," whispering, "You have three months to rescue him." Subsequently, beneath the brilliant lights of the football stadium, she crosses paths with a striking young man named Beau. In that moment, time halts, and only Nat and Beau exist in their own ethereal world.