It begins with a mystery. Sylvie, the beautiful, brilliant, successful older

daughter of the Lee family, flies to the Netherlands for one final visit with

her dying grandmother—and then vanishes.

Amy, the sheltered baby of the

Lee family, is too young to remember a time when her parents were newly

immigrated and too poor to keep Sylvie. Seven years older, Sylvie was raised by

a distant relative in a faraway, foreign place, and didn’t rejoin her family in

America until age nine. Timid and shy, Amy has always looked up to her sister,

the fierce and fearless protector who showered her with unconditional love.

But what happened to Sylvie? Amy

and her parents are distraught and desperate for answers. Sylvie has always

looked out for them. Now, it’s Amy’s turn to help. Terrified yet determined,

Amy retraces her sister’s movements, flying to the last place Sylvie was seen.

But instead of simple answers, she discovers something much more valuable: the

truth. Sylvie, the golden girl, kept painful secrets . . . secrets that will

reveal more about Amy’s complicated family—and herself—than she ever could have

imagined.