Zoe Young stumbles through adolescence, transforming from a lonely child lost in fantasies of being a 'heroine' to a young woman confronting reality. Her bond with Andrew Lane, the brilliant and sunny-hearted boy next door, begins in elementary school—his unwavering optimism becomes the light that pierces the shadows of her troubled childhood. As Zoe grapples with her mother’s death, the secrets of her past, and the pressures of college entrance exams, she retreats from love. Yet for a decade, Andrew stands steadfast, his 'Zoe-Only Doctrine' slowly dismantling her defenses. When the curtain falls on their youth, she finally admits: the world may be flawed, but the old days with him? They were, and always will be, tender.
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