![]() As April moves through the world, meeting people who feel like home, she chronicles her life in the songs she writes and discovers that where she came from doesn’t dictate who she has to be. ![]() The more she falls in love with her friends in Ithaca, the more she can’t shake the feeling that she’ll hurt them the way she’s been hurt. Still, somehow, it doesn’t make sense to her that life could be this easy. ![]() Her only plan is to survive, but as she looks for work, she finds a kindred sense of belonging at Cafe Decadence, the local coffee shop. After a fight with her dad, April packs her stuff and leaves for good, setting off on a journey to find a life that’s all hers.ĭriving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. When she “borrows” her neighbor’s car to perform at an open mic night, she realizes her life could be much bigger than where she came from. Failing out of school, picking up shifts at a local diner, she’s left fending for herself in a town where she’s never quite felt at home. Little River, New York, 1994: April Sawicki is living in a motorless motorhome that her father won in a poker game. It contains heartbreak and redemption, and a plucky, irresistible protagonist… propulsive, empathetic novel.” - Shelf Awareness “This is a novel of great empathy, about connections and coming-of-age, built families and self-acceptance. Couldn’t this be the start of the amazing life she’d always hoped for? Surprised by her own ingenuity yet unused to the intense feelings of protectiveness she feels for them, Lillian ultimately begins to accept that she needs these strange children as much as they need her. Over the course of one humid, demanding summer, Lillian and the twins learn to trust each other-and stay cool-while also staying out of the way of Madison’s buttoned-up politician husband. Thinking of her dead-end life at home, Lillian figures she has nothing to lose. Lillian is convinced Madison is pulling her leg, but it’s the truth. However, there’s a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated, flames igniting from their skin in a startling but beautiful way. Madison’s twin stepkids are moving in with her family and she wants Lillian to be their carer. Until now, when Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help. Then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal and they’ve barely spoken since. Lillian and Madison were unlikely roommates and yet inseparable friends at their elite boarding school.
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