A few days later, she receives a package in the mail. But Finn's death brings a surprise acquaintance into June's life-someone who will help her to heal, and to question what she thinks she knows about Finn, her family, and even her own heart.Īt Finn's funeral, June notices a strange man lingering just beyond the crowd. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June's world is turned upside down. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. There's only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that's her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. In this striking literary debut, Carol Rifka Brunt unfolds a moving story of love, grief, and renewal as two lonely people become the unlikeliest of friends and find that sometimes you don't know you've lost someone until you've found them.ġ987.
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