You go on with your life believing that there is a lot you need, your favorite books, the music you love, your favorite clothes, and your friends, until one day you find yourself leaving it without going back, carrying nothing but your phone, your wallet, and your mother's picture. "Marine" did not speak to anyone Of her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those last weeks. Not even her former best friend Mabel.. But even though she's thousands of miles away from the California coast, at college in New York Marin still feels drawn to her old life and the tragedy she's done so hard to get over and forget.
Now, months later, Marin is waiting alone in an empty dormitory for the winter break. As Mabel waits for a visit, Marin will have to face all that hasn't been said and the loneliness that has made her heart home one last time.
