Seven-year-old Elsa is different—precocious, friendless at school, and utterly devoted to her eccentric seventy-seven-year-old grandmother, a former surgeon who swears at cops, rescues escapees from zoos, and tells fairy tales about the magical Land of Almost-Awake. When the grandmother dies, she leaves Elsa a mission: deliver apology letters to people she has wronged. As Elsa ventures through her apartment building delivering each letter, she discovers that her grandmother's fairy tales are intertwined with her neighbors' real lives and secrets. Through this journey, Elsa learns about forgiveness, love, loss, and the extraordinary power of stories to heal and connect us.
