The Weight of Someday: A Novel, by Payton Taylor (Hardcover)

In 1992 Spain, twenty-two-year-old Pia is the dutiful daughter of a traditional Spanish family, raised to believe her reputation is her only currency. Her path is already written, until she meets James, an American exchange student studying abroad. James represents a life of autonomy Pia never knew she could want. Over a transformative academic year at the university, their connection deepens into an unforgettable love that defies her family’s rigid expectations.

But when James returns to America, the analog reality of the nineties sets in. Between the high cost of international toll calls and the weeks of silence between airmail letters, the distance becomes a physical weight. Pia realizes that wanting him is easy, but choosing him feels impossible. When a final letter never arrives, she assumes James’ silence is an answer. Broken and unable to bridge the gap between her heart and her heritage, she retreats into the safety of her family's approval. Four years of silence later, Pia is one week away from her wedding to the 'perfect' Spanish suitor, when a single phone call from James threatens to dismantle her carefully constructed world. Now, with the countdown to her "I do" ticking, Pia must decide: the safety of the world she chose or a second chance with the man she never stopped loving.