“ lifts the veil between the living and the dead and makes believers of us all. This story of a mother's absence and a daughter's need is written with a lyricism that filled my heart with beauty while also making it ache for loved ones lost. This is a stunning debut.” — , author of the Pulitzer Prize Finalist, “I closed this book believing more than ever that the people we love, including the people we’ve been, never really leave us.” — , bestselling author of