The Truth about Forever

Macy Queen is fine. After witnessing her father's sudden death, she has built a life of careful control and predictability. She has a perfect, ambitious boyfriend, a quiet summer job at the library, and a shared, silent grief with her mother. Her plan is to keep everything in order, to focus on vocabulary drills and maintain the calm, perfect facade she has constructed around her heart. But when her boyfriend leaves for Brain Camp, an unexpected encounter with a chaotic catering company called Wish turns her meticulously planned summer upside down.

Suddenly, Macy is pulled into a world of messy, vibrant, and unpredictable people, including Wes, a talented artist with a tragic past of his own. Surrounded by the lively crew at Wish, Macy finds herself confronting the messiness of life and the emotions she has tried so hard to suppress. This is a story about the transformative power of an unexpected summer, the courage it takes to confront grief, and the realization that embracing life's imperfections is the only way to discover what is real and true.