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As seventeen-year-old Ember returns to her life after suffering a traumatic brain injury, her memories come and go, in accordance with this book's moody, dreamlike tone. A familiar stranger holds the key to information that feels out of reach. Though it lags in places, the pacing mirrors Ember's slow healing process and lends accurate frustration to an angsty internal struggle.