She’s not ready to think about the why yet, just the how-muscles burning, heart pumping, feet pounding the earth. So that’s what Annabelle does-she runs from Seattle to Washington, DC, through mountain passes and suburban landscapes, from long lonely roads to college towns. When everything has been taken from you, what else is there to do but run? And she'll realize that sometimes, trying to keep everything like it was in the past means missing out on the future. Over the course of three ridiculously chaotic days, Charlie will learn more than she ever expected about the family she thought she knew by heart. And the wedding planner's nephew is unexpectedly, distractedly cute. Not to mention the neighbor who seems to be bent on sabotage and a storm that is bent on drenching everything. There are the relatives who aren't speaking, the (awful) girl her favorite brother brought home unannounced, and a missing tuxedo. There's the unexpected dog with a penchant for howling, a house alarm that won't stop going off, and a papergirl with a grudge.

The only problem? The weekend is shaping up to be an absolute disaster.

She wants to focus on making the weekend perfect. Making decisions about things like what college to attend and reuniting with longstanding crush Jesse Foster all that can wait. The house will be filled with jokes and games and laughs again. Charlie is desperate for one last perfect weekend before the house is sold and everything changes. Charlie Grant's older sister is getting married this weekend at their family home, and Charlie can't wait for the first time in years, all four of her older siblings will be under one roof.

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