Shelf 40 It's true. Sam James hasn't had, or looked for, a long-term relationship since high school. She's as independent, sarcastic, and Teflon-coated as they come. She does love 'em and leave 'em, and that's always been just fine. But when Ember, her best friend from college, points this out during a camping trip before Ember's wedding, Sam is jolted back to memories of her adolescence, when she felt like something was wrong with her. Like she was broken. After Ember's wedding day ends with spectacularly unintentional consequences, Sam is forced to re-evaluate her choices and the self-protecting walls she has spent her entire life building up. The results of disassembling them, of looking inward and reaching outward, will reverberate through all her relationships with friends and family alike. Sam's journey leads us down a dark, all-too-real path into the murky weeds of memory and self-doubt, where secrets lie buried and the truth is unclear. When she finally breaks through her walls and her past, she is forced to confront her most painful memories-memories that could tear her family apart.