The winner of the $5 gift card for this month is #18 - joannie!
The winner of the automatic entry for next month is #11 - shakyteach (Shala)!
Congratulations to this month's winners!
The Oppenheimer triplets - Sally, Lewyn, and Harrison - have never been close. In fact, they have spent most of their lives actively avoiding each other, so much so that even when Sally and Lewyn find themselves rooming in adjacent dorms during their freshman year at Cornell, each continues to deny the existence of the other. This hasn’t ever bothered them though; after all, can three people really be considered “triplets” when they began as eggs in a Petri dish, implanted into their mother when no other attempts at pregnancy worked? They weren’t all even meant to survive to full gestation. The fact that they did was a miracle, but did that mean they had to like one another? And, though they grew up privileged in a well-to-do New York City neighborhood, their parents were locked in a loveless marriage with Salo, their father, having no time for them, and Johanna, their mother, having too much time. Salo, grief-stricken and full of regret from a tragedy he once caused, did not feel worthy of love while Johanna mistakenly thought she was the one who could save him. As Salo took refuge in collecting priceless works of art, Johanna poured all her energy into her children, attempting to form a bond between them where there was none, but loving her role as a mother nonetheless.
When a chance meeting turns Salo’s world upside down, he makes a decision that will have lasting ramifications for his family, not the least of which is Johanna’s insistence that, now that the triplets are all off at college, it might be the right time to “unfreeze” the fourth egg that was created all those years ago, and have a baby in the house once more. They do, and whatever relationship the triplets might have had with each other, their parents, or their sister, Phoebe, “the latecomer”, are gone for good once Phoebe arrives.
Fast forward 17 years and Phoebe, now a high school senior, overhears a comment that makes her question her whole existence. As she attempts to uncover the truth about how she came to be, she turns to her siblings for answers and they all find that the latecomer - the one they didn’t want - might end up being just the person they need to piece back together their broken family.
OPTION 1: 45 YEARS
Some books take place over the course of a day, some a few weeks, and some cover a handful of months. The Latecomer, however, spans 45 years, starting with the night of Salo's accident, before he and Johanna had even met, and ending when Phoebe is 17 years old. Therefore, for Option 1, I want YOU to go back 45 years, so all layouts for this option must feature ONLY photos from 45 years ago or prior. That is, from 1978 or before. This should be fun!
OPTION 2: THREE IS THE MAGIC NUMBER
Though the book's title refers to Phoebe, the last of the Oppenheimer siblings, the majority of the book centers around the triplets. So, for Option 2, your page will need to have elements in groups of three. It must have:
- three photos (not AT LEAST three, but three EXACTLY)
- a three-word title
- three different patterned papers (again, EXACTLY three, no more, no less)
- three of any other element of your choice (three tags, three flowers, three hearts, etc.) - be sure you point out the three elements when you post your layout so I don't miss them
The Fine Print:
1. HAVE FUN MAKING YOUR PROJECT!
2. Entries open to new projects - paper, digital, & card making.
3. May be combined with one other challenge that allows it.
4. Due May 31st, at 11:59 PM.
5. One lucky winner, chosen at random, will receive a $5 ACOT gift card from me!
6. Up to 3 entries permitted per month.
7. If there are more than 15 unique entries (not including bonuses) during the month, a second name will be drawn and that person will get an automatic entry for the following month.
Participants:
1. Donna_Coughlin
2. QueenBee89
3. karen c.
4. aheatfan
5. SandyK1967
6. Amy Jo
7. Donna_Coughlin
8. FoxyStamping
9. shoorn
10. Tammey
11. shakyteach
12. Sharman Paulus .
13. karen c.
14. SandyJay
15. ScrappyDistractions
16. LoreenC
17. LoreenC
18. joannie
19. SandyJay
20. Karyn_Sue
21. Amy Jo (BONUS ENTRY FROM APRIL CHALLENGE)
22. SandyJay
23. MTCanuk
24. QueenBee89
25. Scrapqueen141
26. ScrappyRN74
~~Sandy~~ 
Kristin 
