KAREN LEE BOREN

In Milwaukee in 1966, three young people, Sonya, Leo, and Emelia, have their lives upended by secrets that threaten disastrous consequences. Sonya’s hard-earned science scholarship, the first ever awarded to a girl, is threatened. Newly-revealed family secrets force Emelia to reevaluate everything she thought she knew about herself and her family. Meanwhile, Leo struggles with a complex and abusive relationship with his father, a musician Leo both looks up to and hates for the control he has over Leo’s music and his life. Amidst the joy of friendship, music, and emerging sexuality, each character has a secret to keep and a secret to uncover until Sonya’s seemingly inexplicable and horrifyingly desperate act to save her future forces them all to decide what matters most, ultimately leaving readers with a secret they too are forced to keep.