Six years ago, Junie left Tennessee for college in Alaska, certain she would have a life of adventure.

Since then, Anchorage has become the backdrop of her adult life: a job she genuinely enjoys, close friendships, familiar routines, and the satisfaction of having built a life of independence from scratch. Alaska may not have turned into the adventure she once imagined—no weekend mountain expeditions or breathtaking wilderness escapes—but somewhere along the way, it became home.

What Junie didn’t expect was how much it would cost her.

Between work, school, bills, and the realities of adulthood, she hasn’t been back to Tennessee once. She’s missed holidays, birthdays, family dinners, and countless moments that can never be replaced.

Now, as graduation approaches, and the lease on her apartment is about to expire, Junie must decide whether to remain in the life she's built for herself, or return to the home she left behind.

Warm, funny, and deeply relatable, this contemporary women’s fiction novel explores distance, belonging, and the complicated question of what it really means to call a place home.