What remains

About this book

"Maggie is a talented young artist who is just a couple of months away from graduating high school. As the summer swiftly approaches, she finds herself agonizing over serious life decisions. What is the right path for her future? Should she follow her dreams and become an artist? Or should she do the sensible thing and go to college with her boyfriend, Mike? As Maggie struggles with looking into her future, she meets Cliona, a 69-year-old woman who hires Maggie to sort through the objects of Cliona's life. As Maggie and her eccentric friend, Sarah, search through Cliona's things, the people involved with them come alive, and we see the truth about Cliona's own artistic past. An unlikely friendship blossoms between Maggie and Cliona as they each help the other discover something about themselves they never would have found on their own."