In the second novel of Melissa Perron’s trilogy, the author’s heroine, Fabienne, finally learns the reason for the oddities that have distinguished her from other people since childhood. The diagnosis of “autism” puts everything in its proper place and helps Fabienne better understand herself: she realizes that nothing terrible lies behind her unusual behavior, and she accepts herself with all her features. After her mother’s death, she inherits a house by the river, and her life takes an unpredictable turn into a new direction. The river seems to draw happiness into Fabienne’s fate and gives hope for the future—one she, for so many years, trapped in anxiety and countless fears, could not even dream of.