Gabrielle shows up on her mother’s Arizona doorstep with nothing more than a few belongings, her teenage daughter, and a car with no air conditioning (don’t ask).

Thirteen-year-old Juniper feels stranded at an old lady’s house she barely knows. She’s frustrated her mom uprooted their entire life for a strange place and misses her dad.

Ida is her own woman, resenting being tethered to the oxygen hoses winding through her house. She looks damn good in the old, framed cigarette ads on her wall, holding her gold swimming medal. Heck, she still looks good. She had one little health scare. What’s the big deal? Heart surgery. It’s coming for her. She knows it but likes to pretend she doesn’t.

Ida is shocked to learn her own granddaughter can’t swim. Gabrielle may have laughed at the idea of her frail mother getting back into the pool, but that’s exactly what Ida would do. Teach her to swim.

“This book is for girls with mommy issues (me)… it touched my heart.”

– Sania, NetGalley Reviewer

“[it] will leave you laughing, crying, and ultimately feeling uplifted”

– Abigail, Librarian, LibraryThing Reviewer

$9.99 Ebook / $18.95 Paperback