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In this moving and insightful debut novel set along the breathtaking shores of the Great Lakes, a young woman must decide which dreams are worth fighting for, and which roots to keep firmly in placeSensible and self-reliant, Shelby Meyers knows exactly what she wants. Shell never again depend on her errant mother, Jackie, who abandoned Shelby when she was a babyand is forever searching for an elusive, glittering life. All Shelby needs is her beautiful, windswept Lake Superior, her loving grandparents, and the treasured-but-struggling family apple orchard she helps rununtil a new love, Ryan Chambers, opens her heart to chance, and her eyes to a wider world than she ever imagined.But just as Shelby is looking toward an exciting future, Jackie unexpectedly returnsdetermined to make up for the past and help her daughter get everything she never could.