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A gated community in Orange County provides the backdrop for a story of different families growing up and moving on. For the seniors of Crystal Beach High School, their last, all-important year is filled with big decisions and the respective changes they bring. Melanie is the perfectionist mom who feels the end of school means saying good-bye to their last child, Dane, a change she sees as the end of parenthood itself. Sarah, the cosmetically enhanced wife of a well-known plastic surgeon, dreads her daughter's move to college and the loneliness she knows it will bring. Marni tries to navigate her final year as she struggles with her parents' failing marriage. And single-parent Zoe, chasing her dream of a writing career, has lost touch with her son, with tragic consequences. Rouda (In the Mirror, 2014) deftly examines the difficult transition parents and their children face as they prepare for the end of one life and the beginning of another. Her latest is a compelling story and a thoughtful examination of the nature of change and the importance of working to accept it.--Gladstein, Carol Copyright 2016 Booklist