Sage’s thirteenth birthday was supposed to be about movies and treats, staying up late with her best friend and watching the sunrise together. Instead, it was the day her best friend died. Without the person she had to hold her secrets and dream with, Sage is lost. In a counseling group with other girls who have lost someone close to them, she learns that not all losses are the same, and healing isn’t predictable. There is sadness, loneliness, anxiety, guilt, pain, love. And even as Sage grieves, new, good things enter her life — and she just may find a way to know that she can feel it all.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Death from a heart attack mentioned
- Hospitalisation for cancer & terminal illness discussed
- Grief & loss depiction (theme)
- Death of a child & best friend in a hit-and-run drunk-driving car accident
- Police brutality
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