An indie musician reeling from tragedy and a public breakdown reconnects with her father on a weeklong cruise in âa pitch-perfect story about the ways we recover love in the strangest placesâ (Rebecca Serle, bestselling author of In Five Years)
âThe characters are drawn with a generosity that allows them to be wrong but also right, loving but also prone to missteps, and ultimately deserving of a resolution thatâs full of hope.ââLinda Holmes, New York Times bestselling author of Flying Solo
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Just after the death of her motherâher first and most devoted fanâand weeks before the launch of her high-stakes sophomore album, Greta James falls apart on stage. The footage quickly goes viral and she stops playing, her career suddenly in jeopardyâthe kind of jeopardy her father, Conrad, has always predicted.
Months later, Gretaâstill heartbroken and very much adriftâreluctantly agrees to accompany Conrad on the Alaskan cruise her parents had booked to celebrate their fortieth anniversary. It could be their last chance to heal old wounds in the wake of shared loss. But the trip will also prove to be a voyage of discovery for them both, and for Ben Wilder, a charming historian struggling with a major upheaval in his own life. As Greta works to build back her confidence and Ben confronts an uncertain future, they find themselves drawn to and relying on each other.
Itâs here in the unlikeliest of placesâat sea, far from the packed city venues where she usually plays and surrounded by the stunning Alaskan wildernessâthat Greta will have to decide what her path forward might look likeâand how to find her voice again.