This emotional debut delves deep into family, trauma, love, loss, and sacrifice, using flashbacks and alternating perspectives to reveal the struggles of a poor, working-class family yearning for lost opportunities. Tessa, pregnant with her third child, wrestles with her hidden feelings for her former best friend, Mel.

This story tugged at my heartstrings and had me feeling for each character in a way only masterful writing can. Kudos to this first time author on a fantastic debut.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC which I read in exchange for my honest review.