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From a remarkable new literary skill, a tragic, lushly imagined book that examines the strong relationship between two different sisters whose world is shattered when their mom inexplicably abandons them.Before their dad died, Jenny’s existence and Maggie experienced almost ideal. Months within their small outlying house were peppered with wilderness walks, building makeshift shelters and telling stories from the fireplace with Patrick and Irene, their doting dad and stunning, fast-to-chuckle mom. Although not long after Maggie's eleventh birthday, Patrick is murdered in a signing accident—and a few months later, Irene suddenly falls girls in a friend's home, promising to come back in a few days. She never does.Left while in the treatment of the childless couple, Maggie and Jenny learn how to rely on each other, keeping alive the religion that their mom is returning.