Sophie is trying to figure out how to be a grown up and how to grieve her mother. Moving from Newfoundland to Toronto she makes stained glass windows for rich people whose lives she can only observe. She lives with her best friend and erstwhile lover, Alex and attempts to balance her need for him with her desire for others. This is a novel of losing and finding. Sophie teeter totters through the world, picking up and putting down ways of seeing and being. It perfectly captures that sense of not knowing yourself and trying on different personas to figure out your space in the world. It's a modern day coming of age novel for people who feel they should already know what they're doing but don't.