You know where to find me

"An authentic novel about loss and forgiveness, from the author of the bestselling Honey Bread. Miles spent his entire life in the shadow of his cousin Laura. While Laura lived with her loving adoptive father in the large, well-appointed house in a wealthy neighborhood in Washington, DC, Miles was the perpetual guest in the garden cottage, living off the favor of his indifferent mother. His father, a treating alcoholic, owned a food truck. Underutilized, a social outcast, unwanted, unnecessary, and unattractive, Miles always felt the opposite of her cousin. But she found peace and refuge in books. Stories were her friends and helped her understand the inner workings of the world, prejudice, and neglect. Her cynicism didn't protect her, however, from the classic trap: falling in love with her best friend—Jamal, the son of the black elite of the American capital. But no one is as close to her as her cousin, the golden girl, beautiful, rich, popular, beloved, and with the perfect life. Until she simply ceased to be... to exist. In the wake of Laura's death, Miles must reinvent herself, come to terms with her life without her cousin as a foil. Now she must make a choice: run away from it all, following Laura's example. Or find strength within herself, and in those she always believed didn't care, and find a reason to live.