Can you imagine sitting in the kitchen with your mother eating cookies and all of a sudden she stops mid-sentence and walks out the door never to return?  That's exactly what happened to Natalie Gordon.  Four years later, now a sophomore in high school, Natalie decides to find her mother, the reason she left, and to hear the rest of her mom's story.  Natalie takes twenty-four hour bus ride to Florida in which she meets people who also have stories of love and loss to share.  When Natalie finds her mother will she find the answers she's been searching for?  Will Natalie discover what it takes to be loved back?  Read this book to find out!