First published 2011
Roz spent twelve years living with her mother Ellie in the remote mountains, following a quiet spiritual path far from the world. Five months ago, everything changed when Ellie died attempting to save a lost hiker. Now Roz lives with Uncle Mike, a Vietnam veteran who keeps to himself. School feels meaningless. Without her mother's faith to guide her, Roz cannot make sense of death or the abandonment she feels. She becomes obsessed with finding the boy her mother sacrificed her life to rescue. When she finally tracks him down, Roz confronts him with a desperate demand: tell her everything about that fatal day. But the boy knows almost nothing about what happened. Roz must face the possibility that some losses cannot be explained, that some questions have no answers, and that grief is a mountain she must climb alone.
Genres: grief, coming-of-age, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, grief
Setting: Remote Mountains
Period: Contemporary
164 pages · Paperback · namelos
Content warnings: death