First published 2025
Cassie and Zoe Grossberg ruled the pop charts as teenagers, but one devastating night tore them apart forever. Twenty years later, Zoe raises her daughter Cherry in suburban New Jersey while Cassie hides away in remote Alaska. The sisters have built separate lives around their shared silence. Then Cherry decides she needs to know what really happened. She refuses to accept that her famous aunt will remain a stranger forever. Cherry begins digging into family history, determined to bridge the gap her mother and aunt have maintained for decades. Her search forces both women to face the choices they made and the pain they've carried. As buried truths emerge, Cassie and Zoe must decide whether forgiveness is possible. Weiner crafts a story about family bonds that survive even the deepest wounds. The novel explores how love persists through years of separation and hurt.
Genres: literary-fiction, contemporary, adult-fiction, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, introspective, poignant, reconciliatory
Tropes: buried-secrets, found-family, generational-conflict, second-chance
Setting: New Jersey, Alaska
Period: 21st-century, contemporary
384 pages · Paperback · William Morrow Paperbacks
Content warnings: death