<blockquote>When Giulia Cappallett is fourteen, her beloved cousin Rosalina leaves. Joined a convent, her father tells guests, but Giulia knows that's not true. She bobs her hair and shortens her skirts and keeps her ears open, determined not to be kept in the dark anymore, but she never forgets what Rosalina told her about love.
A Julie-centered prequel to Soon, We'll Be Without the Moon, converging to the same point. </blockquote>
