This heartfelt, poignant YA debut is a second-chance summer romance that will steal your heartâperfect for fans of Heartstopper, Some Girls Do, and Itâs Not Like itâs a Secret.
This summer, Elsie is finally going to confess her feelings to her longtimeâand long-distanceâcrush. Adaâs fanfics are to die for, and she just gets Elsie like no one else. That is, until Joan, Elsieâs childhood best friend, literally walks back into her life and slots in like she never left. Like she never moved away to Hong Kong and never ignored Elsieâs dozens of emails and letters.
Then Ada mentions her grandmotherâs own long-lost pen pal (and maybe love?), a woman who once lived only a train ride away from Elsieâs Oxford home, and Elsie gets the idea for the perfect grand gesture. But as her plan to reunite the two older women ignites a summer of repairing broken bonds, Elsie starts to wonder if she, too, can recover the things sheâs lostâŚ
With a beautifully earnest voice and a dash of fandom, this wistful and delightful novel is a love letter to queer coming-of-age, finding community, and finding yourself.