The last thing either Jana, 13, or Louise, 17, is looking for on this hot and boring summer is a friend of totally the wrong age. But then one day, they abandon their responsibilities and irritating families, and head off in a "borrowed" car for a day by the lake. Their adventure is simple beer, ice-cream, swimming, singing but the friendship it forges between them turns out to be profound. When Jana experiences loss, it is only Louise s tender and funny postcards that can haul her out of depression right out of her bedroom window and off on another adventure.

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