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From acclaimed author Tara Altebrando, this is a stunning novel of friendship, love, and loss, set against the dazzling dual backdrops of Europe and Las Vegas.When Chloe's parents decide to take a family trip to Europe the summer before senior year of high school, she's ecstatic. She only wishes her best friend, Lindsay, could come too. Living in Las Vegas, where casinos mimic the great cities of the world, the two friends have vowed to travel the globe together someday. Unfortunately, Lindsay's parents won't let her go. So Chloe goes abroad and sends postcards to Lindsay from each city along the way. But when she comes home, she faces shocking news that rips her family—and Lindsay's—apart. And as she tries to uncover the truth about what happened, Chloe begins to realize that Lindsay's brother, Noah, is the one person alive for whom she'd go to the ends of the earth....“A compulsively readable tale of complicated friendships, life-changing loss, and the search for authentic experience in a world full of artifice. It’s a story about coming to terms with the fragility of life, as well as its mettle, and with the failures of those we love along with our own…in other words, growing up.”—Sara Zarr, author of How to Save a LifeTara Altebrando is the author of four novels for young adults: The Pursuit of Happiness, What Happens Here, Dreamland Social Club, and The Best Night of Your (Pathetic) Life. She lives in Queens, NY, with her family.

We were going to see the world together, Lindsay and I. We were going to eat it up, whole. But it didn't happen that way. It didn't happen that way at all....When Chloe's parents decide to take her to Europe the summer before senior year of high school, she's ecstatic...she only wishes her best friend, Lindsay, could come too. Living in Las Vegas, they have long imagined the world through the casinos inspired by great cities and have vowed to travel the globe together someday. Unfortunately, Lindsay's parents won't agree to send her along. So Chloe goes to Europe and sends postcards to Lindsay every day. But when she comes home, she must cope with shocking news that rips her family -- and Lindsay's -- apart. And as she tries to uncover the truth about what happened, Chloe soon begins to feel that Lindsay's brother, Noah, is the one person alive for whom she'd go to the ends of the earth.... From the acclaimed author of The Pursuit of Happiness, this is a stunning new novel of friendship, love, and loss, set against the dazzling dual backdrops of Europe and Las Vegas.