McNally, Janet

Phoebe, a budding poet in search of her identity, visits her sister in New York to find out how she fits into her family of storytellers.

A copy of Grimms' Fairy Tales sends Sylvie, a sixteen-year-old ballerina-in-training, in search of her runaway older sister amid strange happenings, such as a woman leaving a shoe behind while running.

Everyone in Phoebe Ferris s life tells a different version of the truth. Her mother, Meg, ex-rock star and professional question evader, shares only the end of the story the post-fame calm that Phoebe s always known. Her sister Luna, indie rock darling of Brooklyn, preaches a stormy truth of her own making, selectively ignoring the facts she doesn t like. And her father, Kieran, the co-founder of Meg s beloved band, hasn t said anything at all since he stopped calling three years ago. But Phoebe, a budding poet in search of an identity to call her own, is tired of half-truths and vague explanations.