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A captivating, multigenerational debut novel of a young woman navigating the personal trauma that ties herself, her nomadic mother, and her alcoholic grandmother together, perfect for fans of Ask Again, Yes and What the Fireflies Knew.
1979. Fifteen-year-old Aurora Taylorโs single mother prefers to leave when things get hard. Sheโs spent years abandoning bad boyfriends and dead-end jobs, without so much as a glance in the rearview mirror. After fifteen years in the passenger seat, Aurora needs more than two hands to count the towns sheโs lived in. Sheโs learned to live smallโitโs easier to leave when you donโt need to say goodbye. So when her mother Laine shows up at school with the car loaded, Aurora assumes her latest fling has run its course. Instead, itโs her grandpa Jayโs death calling them back to the town Laine has spent fifteen years running from.
Every visit to Monroe, Indiana ends in an explosive fight. Her mother and her Gran are oil and water, and it doesnโt take Aurora long to realize Gran has fallen off the wagonโagain. With Gran drinking, and Laineโs discomfort in the little blue house, Aurora gives their visit a week, tops.
But when Laine begins an affair with the townโs married mailman, everything changes. While her mom falls in love with a man she canโt have, Aurora has time to fall in love with the town. Her life begins to feel fullโshe has a friend to call her own, a gran who loves her, and a picture-perfect pastorโs son who sees Aurora as more than โLaineโs daughter.โ Itโs everything she never let herself dream about.
As the summer months march on, and her momโs happiness becomes even more dependent on her unstable new relationship, Aurora worries the dream she allowed herself will end in heartbreak. This isnโt just another map dot on their endless journey, and Laine wonโt just burn a bridge this time. Her choices threaten to light the town on fire, burning Granโs hope, Auroraโs future, and her own chance at redemption to the ground with it.
Genre: Historical Fiction
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