Elsa is seven years old (almost eight!). Her best--and only--friend is her grandmother, who at 77 years old is toeing the line between eccentric and full-on crazy. Elsa and Granny have their own world, the Land of Almost-Asleep, and the six kingdoms within it. It's an imaginary world with their own language, and they're the only ones who can live in it. Until the night Granny dies and Elsa is left to navigate the world--the real one--on her own. Granny has left Elsa with a series of letters to deliver, and along the way Elsa learns just how much she didn't know about her beloved Granny. 
 Grief and loss are heavy themes, but this also brings love, hope, salvation, forgiveness. It's funny and heartbreaking. It's human. And it's wonderful.