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A tender and heartfelt queer YA novel about the multiplicities of grief deeply held family secrets and finding new love
Isaac Griffin has always felt something was missing from his life And for good reason hes never met his dad Hed started to believe hed never belong in this world that the scattered missing pieces of his life would never come together when he discovers a box hidden deep in the attic with his fathers name on it
When the first clue points him to San Francisco he sets off with his boyfriend to find the answers and the person hes been waiting his whole life for But when his vintage station wagon breaks down and possibly his relationship too they are forced to rely on an unusual girl who goes by Maxand has her own familial painto take them the rest of the way
As his family history is revealed Isaac finds himself drawing closer to Max Using notes his dad had written decades ago the two of them retrace his fathers steps during the weeks leading up to the Comptons Cafeteria Riot in San Francisco a precursor to the Stonewall Riots a few years later Only to discover as he learns about the past that perhaps the missing pieces of his life werent ever missing at all
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