But when already-out Maeve meets Salix, a violin-busking “friend of Dorothy,” and their mutual attraction grows, she begins to find unexpected happiness in Vancouver. In Vancouver, Maeve feels she has plenty to be anxious about: from her pregnant stepmother’s home-birth plan to the possibility her father might start drinking and using again. When her mom decides to spend six months in Haiti, Maeve is forced to move to live with her father and his family in Vancouver, disrupting her otherwise relatively stable life. With her severe anxiety and panic disorder, she is constantly working to balance her spiraling, catastrophizing thoughts-without the help of any medication. Most people worry, but Maeve has always done so to the extreme. A white teen with severe anxiety struggles to manage her mental health and finds joy in a budding relationship with a new girlfriend.
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