`` The Hypnotist 's Love Story '' is about love and family on a smart beach -like island . In `` Gone '' a former journalist becomes empowered again . You do n't have to be a psychic to figure out that love ( eventually ) will find a way . Love finds a way despite tragedy in `` Seating Arrangements '' Cathi Hanauer 's `` The Hypnotist 's Love Story '' is beautiful , complicated and often funny .
`` The Hypnotist 's Love Story '' is about love and family on a smart beach -like island . In `` Gone '' a former journalist becomes empowered again . Love finds a way despite tragedy in `` Seating Arrangements '' Cathi Hanauer 's `` The Hypnotist 's Love Story '' is beautiful , complicated and often funny .