Everyone thinks Camelia has gone mad when she tells them she has seen her father’s sister disappear into a mirror. But when she finds her aunt’s journals, she discovers the secret behind the mysterious disappearance, her aunt’s love story, and how it intersects with her own difficult relationship with her father. The story follows Camelia’s childhood and then teenage years, when she was still living with her parents in her late grandfather’s house. Camelia has mixed feelings towards the disappearance of her aunt. She sees her father’s cruelty and her mother’s passiveness. She is then introduced to a married painter, who she falls in love with. But soon enough, her secret is revealed and she is forced to marry someone she does not love. This popular, compelling novel shows Camelia’s life from different vantages. In this psychologically astute, pageturning novel, who could help but root for Camelia?