⁂2021 Wattys Shortlist winner⁂
Every person dreams of an happily ever after.
That's why it's such a cliche.
Yet hope always prevails.
Everyone wants a happily ever after. Only to later realize no such thing exists.
Afghan girl Selina Zafeer moves to America with her parents in hope to find a better life. The new high school drama brings out a completely different version of herself that she never knew existed. Selina makes new friends, finds herself in love, a twisted love that changes her life forever.
But that's not how it ends.
Tragedy strikes, as always. And leaves her crumbled, trying to put all the pieces back together.
Will she ever get the happily ever after she had forever dreamed of?
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