In this brilliant debut novel from an acclaimed Chinese-American screenwriter and director, a woman must work with a man from her past and grapple with the tragedy that binds them together, even as generational loyalties keep them apart. Thirteen years after her younger sister's death, Helen Zhang is doing alright. Better than alright, if you don't look too closely. She's the bestselling author of a young adult series that's being adapted into a TV show, and she's scored a coveted spot in the writers' room. Never mind that she's used to storytelling in solitude and is convinced she'll be revealed as an imposter any minute. Or that she only jumped at the opportunity to move to LA to avoid her writer's block. Helen has a few months to figure things out, in a fresh- start city where she knows exactly no one. No one, except... Grant Shephard hasn't seen Helen since high school, when their lives were tied together forever by the car wreck that killed her sister. He's done everything in his power to move on, and while the panic attacks have never quite gone away, he's universally