Sunlight Finds You by Laura Moriarty

It's 1949 and Nora meets Leonard at their high school in St. Petersburg, Florida. Nora and her family are new to Florida. Her stepmother Mae was the driving force for their move from Missouri. Nora and Leonard fall in love, but Leonard's father disapproves of the relationship because Nora is not from a wealthy background. It is this criticism that has far reaching affects over Nora's and Leonard's lives and those around them for many years to come. Sunlight Finds You is an emotional and heartfelt love story similar to Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams and the novels of Kristin Hannah.