Skyler's Box

When 87-year-old Sandy Montgomery opens the wooden box engraved with her husband's name, the past she shared with him begins to unfold once more. Each object inside-a ribbon, a letter, a worn bracelet-pulls her back to a life that never stopped belonging to two people. Born without a voice in a small town, Sandy learned early what loneliness meant. Then, Skyler Cobb arrived, a boy who noticed her, learned her language, and promised never to leave.

The couple built a life that stretched acro...