

When Biz and Grace get into trouble and Grace gets pulled out of school, Biz falls further into the depths of mental illness and has to learn to find her way forward toward some kind of future by learning about the parallels between her and her father, and the tether that holds them together.īiz's search for normalcy seems, at first, like that of any other teenager trying to fit in at school and figure out who she is. But things get stormy, and as her life at school begins to drag her under, floating becomes harder, if not impossible.

She's trying to just float on the surface. These visits are a secret – not something Biz shares with her mother, her posse, or her best friend Grace – and she tries to be normal, okay, and regular.

A heartbreaking, compelling look at grief and trauma and, ultimately, hope, as told through the eyes of a seventeen-year-old girl searching for answers.Įven though Biz's dad has been dead for ten years, he constantly visits her and tells stories about the life they used to have.
