June Dawson has always been the one who holds her family together. When her beloved Aunt Diana dies, June is tasked with fulfilling her final moving from Suffolk to a quiet village on the edge of Lake Como. But she isn’t making the trip alone. Unexpectedly joined by her estranged father, the man who walked out years ago, June sets off on a road trip across Europe, where grief, memory, and unresolved silence fill the space between them. From ferry ports to empty hotel rooms, gas stations to winding mountain roads, each mile forces her to confront the emotional weight she’s carried for too long. The Long and Winding Road is a tender and lyrical debut exploring intergenerational trauma, mental health, estranged family bonds, and the quiet, painful work of healing. With emotional depth and understated beauty, Faizah Muhammad writes about the way we inherit both pain and resilience - and what it means to love someone while learning how to let go.