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When a cryptic stranger tells Allegra—aka Freckles—that she's the average of her five closest people, this parking warden's carefully constructed, ordinary life suddenly feels anything but ordinary. Having spent years running from her eccentric father and unconventional past, she's forced to confront a question she's been dodging: who has shaped her into who she is, and who could determine who she's meant to become? With her signature vivid voice, Cecelia Ahern takes us on a journey from Dublin's bustling streets to the rugged Atlantic coast as Freckles maps the connections between the people in her life the same way she once connected her freckles like stars. It's a beautiful, moving exploration of friendship, belonging, and finally growing into your own skin.
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