WINNER of a 2025 International Impact Book Award. A 2026 Indies Today Award Finalist. A 2025 BookLife Fiction Prize Quarterfinalist. A 2025 New York Book Festival General Fiction Award Honorable Mention. A 2025 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Award Top 100 Notable Book. 'A sharp and well-observed portrait of lives at the crossroads' Kirkus Reviews (GET IT Verdict) 'A rarity...Asprakis's skill at tapping into life's beauty and pain lingers long after the book's final page' the BookLife Prize 'A haunting and heartbreaking story' Rebekah Gregoriades for Cyprus Mail 'A tender journey through memory...showcasing once again [Asprakis's] deep understanding of the fragile places inside us' Dinos Toumazos for Agora Dialogue 'A must-read for anyone who loves stories of deep friendships, fractured by time and circumstance...showing how the choices we make leave lasting imprints on others' IndieReader 'A compelling novel that deserves its place on your bookshelf' Annetta Benzar, author of I Am Cyprus 'Her most accomplished novel to date...confirms [Asprakis's] place as one of the most exciting writers of her generation' Matthew Phillip Long, author of Life Goes On Without You and Me August, 2005. High-school sweethearts Aristos and Agathi, and Petros and Melina, are the best of friends, until Aristos declares that he is leaving Cyprus for university. Seven years later, Aristos returns with his new girlfriend, Wendy, to find Petros and Melina engaged, and Agathi still hung up on him. As the estranged friends become reacquainted, their worlds come apart. All of them have wrongs to right, but with Cyprus hurtling towards the worst aviation disaster in its history, they might have less time than they think.