This is Leah Decter's 'fake' niece, and her debut. I loved it but took a few starts to begin to enjoy it. Set in Winnipeg in modern times. It is a bit of a mystery as the main character keeps alluding to her brother who escaped, got away to the west coast. She wants to follow him but can't quite manage to get it together. Slowly the story of why she can't unfolds as she deals with family tragedy and her own character/self. She is musical and uses it to come to terms with her life.
The themes include family disfunction, mother daughter relationships, song writing as therapy, dealing with death. It is appropriate for older teens. She writes well. I loved how she reveals the story, bit by bit, until the reader starts to anticipate the sequence of events as a mystery with a strong sense of foreboding.
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