Release Date: January 13, 2026
About The Book:
Maya is a freshman in 1989 when she meets Peter, a vulnerable boy with a secret behind his smile. Their romance begins in the thrill of independence but soon collides with the realities of mental illness, betrayal, and the fragility of youth. Years later, as a third-year medical student, Maya is haunted by memories of that love—and the choices she made along the way.
Navigating the weight of her mother’s decline, the demands of medicine, and the lingering echoes of Peter’s unraveling, Maya faces a reckoning with her own complicated past. But amid the heartbreak are glimmers of connection, forgiveness, and the quiet hope of a new beginning.
Spanning nearly a decade, Hearts and Bones is a poignant tale of love, loss, and becoming. It’s a story about how the people we love never really leave us and how the choices we make in our formative years reverberate throughout our lives.
About The Author:
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Lawrence Bub immigrated to the US as a child. His family settled in Denver, Colorado, and despite stints as an undergraduate at Harvard University, where he majored in creative writing, and as a radiology resident and fellow at the University of Washington, he remains a Colorado kid. He and his beloved wife Erin have two wonderful grown boys for whom they are forever grateful. Returning to his love of writing later in life, Lawrence discovered that our stories, like old friends, pick up right where we left off.
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