On the day in September that my sister went into labor, I was hiking out of the woods with my husband after a three-day backpacking trip. I told Brian, “Maybe Juniper had the baby while we were out here, or maybe she’s about to have him now.” He thought I was probably wrong, but it …
“This book is bursting with life. It’s filled with poetry, dizzy with first love, buzzing with eccentric characters. Why is this surprising? Because, on the face of it, the book is focused around a death. Lennon’s older sister, Bailey, has just died, and Lennon and her Gram and Uncle Big are heartbroken. Sixteen-year-old Lennon tells …
