The Melancholy of Summer

Doesn’t she see? I can do this on my own.

Summer Uzoma is fine. Sure, her parents left her behind when they went on the run after being accused of committing a crime last year. But she’s fine. She just has to turn eighteen in a few weeks and then she’ll really and truly be free to do whatever she wants.

So it’s extra annoying when a nosy social worker gets involved. Summer doesn’t expect her to find any relative, so she’s very surprised to hear that she’ll be living with her cousin Olu — someone she hasn’t seen in years, who’s only a year older, and who’s a famous singer in Japan last she heard.

Life with Olu is awkward for many reasons. But with her cousin and friends' efforts, maybe Summer can learn to open up again?