A captivating, heartrending novel about a Korean American teen navigating grief and first love.

Winter Moon dreams of escape. She works every shift she can get, longing for the day she and her grandmother can finally take flight and disappear. But when her spiteful mother steals her money, Winter is forced to turn to her estranged father, who recently reappeared in her life after being absent for more than a decade. They agree upon a simple contract: she spends time with him in exchange for payment.

It’s not easy reconciling the past and the present, though, and when she’s struck with a sudden loss, Winter flounders in grief and rage. The only person offering a hand is Joon, the new boy at school who sees Winter when no one else does.

As Winter navigates grief, first love, and forgiveness, she begins to forge connections, new and old, that make her question her future and what it really means to be family. Winter knows that broken things can never be fixed, but maybe, just maybe, they can come back together in a different way.