Fifteen years ago, WillowAlexander was jilted at the altar by her high school sweetheart, Graham Currie,who left their wedding rehearsal the night before knowing he would not bereturning the next day. Confused and devastated, Willowremains in the small town of Glenmor in Cape Breton, caring for her ailingparents and nursing her heartache. What no one knows is that Willow lost morethan her marriage on that shocking day, which is why she remains on herfamily’s expansive property, in the shadow of Christy’s Mountain, unable to letgo of the secret she has kept hidden for more than a decade. Soon after her fortieth birthday,Willow finds out that Graham is returning to town, without his new wife, afteryears of working as a doctor in New York City. As Willow grapples with heremotions, wondering how she will deal with Graham’s arrival, tragedy strikesagain: her dear friend, Kathleen, and her husband, local doctor JamesMillhouse, are found dead. Willow was the last one to see the couple on thenight they died and fears that she may have accidently had a hand in theirdeaths. Fearing both Graham’s return and herown imminent arrest, Willow holes up in her family home, reflecting on her pastand bracing for her uncertain future. TheGirl He Left Behind is a moving story about how confronting life’s greatestuncertainties is often the only way forward.