Sycamore is the portrait of a town before Jess Winters disappeared without a trace right before Christmas in 1991, and the portrait of the same town, several years later, when bones are found in a dried up lakebed.

This book is beautifully written, showcases several POVs with ease, and is similar to Everything I Never Told You in the sense that yes, there's a dead person that's central to the story, but that's not really the point.

I'm mostly just sad that this book wasn't super popular. I definitely think it should have been.