Five years ago, a betrayal happened that caused a huge rift in the family. The three sisters don’t really communicate anymore, and their grandmother (who raised them) is heartbroken that they haven’t managed to fix their broken relationships. Now, staring down some bad health, her big wish is for her grandchildren to come back together as a family. That won’t be easy because the wounds still feel fresh. She writes a note to one of the granddaughters and strongly urges her to contact the other two and fix things, and she suggests the way it should happen.

Listen, it’s really a big deal when a family has a falling-out and doesn’t speak for a length of time. (I’ve been through this!) Ms. Wilde has crafted a story here where this family has fallen apart after a betrayal, and now they have no choice but to come back together and work things out. Well, they do have a choice, but they feel sort of manipulated into doing what their grandmother wants them to do. Working out tough family situations is tricky period, but when you throw in other real-life stresses, things get much more elevated because the stress and emotions run high. Some of the tensions (and problems, and solutions) in this story were obvious to me as a reader, but not necessarily easy things for these sisters. I loved reading the overall process of this family healing and forgiving and moving on.

I also loved that each of the three sisters were so different and unique. Gia operates a kite business, Madison is a YouTube and TV personality, and Shelley has a mysterious past involving living with a non traditional community in Costa Rica. They’re all different, but they’re still much the same because they’re family. They all have secrets they’re keeping. They all have pain.