Author's Note

Formerly named "The Summer of 1963"

After the sudden loss of her father, Emilia is left to anchor the weight of her mother's feelings. In the midst of planning for a funeral, steadying her mother's emotions, and digesting her own personal grievances, Emilia turns to cleaning to cope. However, soon stumbles upon a memory boxed in farthest corner of the attic.

As she begins to rummage through old band shirts, faded protest posters, chipped yellow sunglasses, and dusty photographs of a younger version of her mom and a curly haired boy, Emilia learns the summer her mom ran away from home and fell in love with a boy in New York.