The narrator is Evelyn Roe. It is the end of WWII, and a family death has necessitated her taking over her aunt's farm on her own. She is 17, but suited to the work and the solitude. She finds a stranger half dead on the land, and he appears to be recovering from a burn with blurred features and pitted skin.
The stranger evolves over the next week into almost the twin of Evelyn. and Addie is "born". Eventually Addie became her husband Adam .He had no past of which he was aware and while Evelyn certainly knew he was no ordinary human, neither of them knew exactly what he was.
This story the ordinary made extraordinary, all wrapped up in a wonderful, completely absorbing, and unexpected plot. Magical.The mystery of who what Addie/Adam is or where he came from is nec=ver answered.
I loved it. It was an 8/10 until the last 50 pages when it became a 10/10.
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