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At sixteen, Maeve worries more than anyone else she has ever met in her entire life. And with her mom taking off to volunteer in post-earthquake Haiti, now she’s got a whole new set of worries.

Shipped off to Vancouver to live with her dad for six months, Maeve arrives to find her dad’s house in total chaos. Her stepmom Claire is about to have a baby and she’s insisting on a homebirth (Stillbirth! Hemorrhage! Arrested labor!). Her 6-year-old twin brothers come with a set of worries (Choking! Abduction! Broken bones!). And then there’s her dad. Something is up with him. And she can’t figure it out. While Maeve struggles to adjust to her new life in the city, she meets 17-year-old Salix, a local violin prodigy. If there is one thing that might distract Maeve from her constant state of worry, it’s a very cute girl.

Maeve worries about a lot of things, but being queer isn’t one of them. She’s fine with being gay. Everyone else is fine with her being gay too. She and Salix, they’re just two teenage girls, falling in love. And while Maeve might not be bothered about being queer, she is absolutely terrified of falling in love.

Carrie Mac is an award-winning Canadian novelist making her US debut with CLOSER TO FINE. And it's profoundly funny, extremely engaging, and deeply vulnerable one.