What the Heart Sees

Friends since childhood Zach and Ethan come from different worlds. When Ethan loses his sight, he pulls away just when Zach is on the verge of confessing his feelings. Can Zach prove he wants to be at Ethan’s side, no matter what? "Friends since childhood Zach and Ethan come from different worlds... and it's never been more apparent. For the past semester, Ethan has been struggling with a botched operation that cost him what remained of his vision. He lives in a squalid apartment with his loving aunt and his alcoholic mother, barely scraping by. How can he tell rich-boy Zach, who has the perfect life, that he has gone blind? When Zach returns from a semester abroad, the only thing on his mind is confessing his love for Ethan. Discovering Ethan has lost his sight doesn't change his feelings. Desperate to prove his love, he comes out to his conservative parents--and finds himself disowned. Cut off by his family, Zach has only Ethan to lean on. But how can he, when Ethan suffers one devastating personal loss after another? Instead Zach resolves to stand on his own and do what it takes to support them both. Through grief, denial, depression, trauma, and therapy, Zach and Ethan struggle to be there for each other. Will their love be enough for them to build a future together that is nothing like either of them ever imagined?"--Provided by publisher