Emi, just eighteen, is an intern
set designer. She is also out and has a six-time-dumped and five-times-returned
relationship with Morgan, who now seems to
want to get back together. Emi and her best friend, Charlotte, are avid film
buffs and swoop to buy spoils from the house of a deceased cowboy-film legend.
In one of their purchases, they find a letter from the deceased star to an
unknown woman and they embark on a journey to find the lady the letter was addressed
to. The addressee turns out to be his daughter, dead of overdose by the time
Emi and Charlotte are looking for her. She, however, had a daughter. So now, it’s
up to the two girls to find the daughter, Ava.
The book
doesn’t focus on the romance (it is between Emi and Ava). It focusses on
aspects of filmmaking. However, the simmering attraction between the two unapologetically
out girls has you hooked. There is little angst between the two. All the angst
is reserved for Ava’s past and for her mother’s life.
This is a
slow-paced book that has you hooked nevertheless because the characters (all
of them) are so winsome. A lovely, lovely read.
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