Indigo's ability to recognize and appreciate what makes other people tick makes her an unusually compelling narrator, even when her values get blown off course. ) builds characters with so much depth that readers will be invested in her story. Although the lesson of this rags-to-riches tale is evident from the beginning, Caletti ( Honey, Baby, Sweetheart Before long, the pressure is on from friends and family to spend (or not spend) her money a certain way. This lyrical, multigenerational story of love, loss, and redemption speaks to everyone who has ever been in love-and lived to tell the tale.The old saying “Money can't buy happiness” proves true for high school senior Indigo Skye after she receives a $2.5 million tip from a handsome stranger at the suburban Seattle restaurant where she is a part-time waitress. They’re in search of a happy ending…but for who? And when the group discovers one of their own members is the subject of the tragic love story they are reading, Ann and Ruby ditch their respective obsessions to spearhead a reunion between the long-ago lovers. At first, Ruby can’t imagine a more boring way to spend an afternoon, but she is soon charmed by the women she’s spending time with. In an effort to keep Ruby occupied and mend her own broken heart, her mother, Ann, drags Ruby to the weekly book club she runs for seniors.
But Ruby is in over her head, risking more and more when she’s with him.
With Travis, Ruby can be someone she’s never been before: Fearless. It is summer in the northwest town of Nine Mile Falls, and Ruby McQueen-ordinarily dubbed The Quiet Girl-finds herself hanging out with gorgeous, rich, thrill-seeking Travis Becker. A summer romance headed for heartbreak turns into a mother-daughter road trip in the name of true love in this story of love, loss, and redemption from Printz Honor medal winner and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti.
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