Parties. Exams. Freedom. As a sophomore in college, Nora Bridges-Harris is finding her stride and planning for her future—until that security is ripped away from her when her parents are killed in a car accident and she is left to raise her 13-year-old brother, Carter. So begins Nora’s sudden shift into adulthood. There’s a funeral to plan, and life insurance policies to claim, and a brother who needs to eat dinner every night and get to school every morning, and how is Nora supposed to find two seconds to grieve? On top of her newfound responsibilities, the once-unbreakable bond between Nora and Carter grows increasingly strained as they struggle to define their roles within this new reality. Over the course of a year marked by heartbreak, academic challenges, and caring for a cat named Crash, the siblings in Rachel E. Enright’s tender and moving debut must discover who they are outside of their grief and how to belong in a world that no longer feels familiar.