Publisher's Synopsis
From critically acclaimed author Trish Doller comes a gorgeous, hopeful, and heartbreaking novel, set in Cairo, Egypt, about the barriers we tear down for the people and places we love most.Caroline Kelly is excited to be spending her summer vacation working at the local amusement park with her best friend, exploring weird Ohio with her boyfriend, and attending soccer camp with the hope shell be her teams captain in the fall. But when Carolines mother is hired to open an eye clinic in Cairo, Egypt, Carolines plans are upended. Caroline is now expected to spend her summer and her senior year in a foreign country, away from her friends, her home, and everything shes ever known. With this move, Caroline predicts shell spend her time navigating crowded streets, eating unfamiliar food, and having terrible bouts of homesickness. But when she finds instead is a culture that surprises her, a city that astounds her, and a charming, unpredictable boy who challenges everything she thought she knew about life, love, and privilege.
