Is it possible to make up for lost time in the future?
Jessica Ryan is a tenth grader who likes dancing with her friends and posing in dressing rooms. Lily, Jessica’s mom, is a talented illustrator who suffered a challenging, short-lived childhood.
The Ryan girls, as they call themselves, have a happy life—dance parties, decadent desserts, and endless laughter—until Lily’s terminal cancer diagnosis, which could soon destroy everything.
Can Lily and Jessica possibly make up for lost time in the future?
Determined to try, Jessica crafts a fictitious version of the rest of her life, allowing Lily to share in her future successes, graduation, marriage, and parenthood. As the two immerse themselves in Jessica’s plans, hopes, and dreams, their bond grows even stronger.
Through it all, Jessica is desperate to find her absent father, hoping he may be able to fill the looming void in her life. She enlists the help of a friend to try to track him down. But instead of the fairytale she hoped for, she discovers a story of missed opportunities, an insidious cult, and the pain of a family broken.
Can Lily bring herself to reveal her painful secrets before it’s too late? And will Jessica find a way to feel whole again once her mother is gone?
