Darby was fired from the company he was working at in New York, so when he calls his mom and she tells him that she's moving to a condo, he decides to move back to Oak Falls to help with the move. He also reconnects with his childhood friend, who he hasn't spoken to in a really long time. When he enters an independent bookstore called In Between Books, he travels to 2009 and sees himself as a teen before he transitioned.

This is both a beautiful book but also so frustrating. Every time Darby and Michael interacted I wanted them to just talk to each other already. Miscommunication in books annoys me so much. When they finally talk and are friends again instead of just people who knew each other as teens, I was so relieved. I also very much enjoyed seeing chosen/found family in this book. If I ever read this again it'll be as an audiobook because at times it lost my attention.