A story about one girl's transformative eight-day road-trip to retrieve her mother's body. How do you face a heartbreaking past? One day at a time. Or as Aggie says, one crisis at a time. The eight-day journey takes us from Toronto to Chicago and back again, as Sami, an American living with her grandfather in a Muslim-dominated apartment complex in Toronto, struggles to find out who she is and where she belongs. Infused with warmth and love, even as family struggles and secrets are torn open, Eight Days is ultimately about forgiveness and strength in community. It is truly a novel for our times.