This story is told from the point of view of Mia, a seventeen year old girl who is in a coma from a car accident that killed her parents and brother and left her seriously injured. Mia is a gifted cellist who has auditioned for acceptance to Juilliard. She is an oddity in a family with a father who is a former Punk Rock musician. Her boyfriend is also a rock musician in a band called "Shooting Star." (I'm not sure if the author realized there actually was a band in the 70s-80s by the same name.) When the accident occurs, Mia is suddenly able to navigate out of her body where she sees her dead parents but cannot locate her little brother and believes he must have been taken to another hospital. This ability allows her to spend time watching her grandparents and friends as they deal with the tragedy. Much of Mia's narrations are reminiscences about her life before the accident. She had a very close relationship with her parents. Mia adores her little brother and was even present at his birth. When she finds out that he is dead and not just at a different hospital, Mia struggles with the decision to continue living or to just let it all go and die. I'm not going to spoil the ending for anyone. You'll have to read it yourself to find out what happens in the end.
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