First person narrative of Lily's seventh year: "...I am determined to lay out my thoughts—to explain just how I came to be the jaded though hopelessly romantic girl who is teetering on the edge of something unforgettable, being pressed forward by an inexplicable wind, a mere chance, and nearing the moment of my leap of faith with nothing but time holding me back. I am poised, ready... because by my reckoning, this time it’s all or nothing."