![]() But the message of love and hope comes through loud and clear at the end, and it made me smile. I felt Marco and Scott's pain, and have no idea how they survived their lives. This is a hauntingly beautiful love story that made me cry after the first few pages - and the tears didn't let up until the last few. His only stable point in life is Marco and, in the end, that is what saves them both. We don't find out any details of what happens to him during the long years when he doesn't manage to see Marco for Christmas but based on what he looks like and what he says it isn't pretty. Scott drifts through foster home after foster home and the total lack of stability almost destroys him. The only things he really treasures are his memories of Scott, the watch Scott gave him as a Christmas gift when they were twelve, and a notebook filled with Scott's drawings he got when they were seventeen. He is super responsible, though, and does everything he can to make their lives bearable, to give them a future. ![]() ![]() Marco seems to be the more stable of the two, but taking care of his grandmother and two younger sisters leaves absolutely no time for himself. The promise Marco makes to save Scott one day, and move them to Alaska, becomes a symbol of what they want in life. This is an amazing story of boys, then men, who love each other deeply, yet life always seems to interfere and stop them from achieving their dream of being safe and together. ![]()
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