The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)

by Becky Chambers

I was sad to say good-bye to Drave, but what Ashby had offered was exactly what I needed. There is peace out here in the open. I have friends and a garden in the stars and a kitchen full of tasty things.

Perhaps the ache of homesickness was a fair price to pay for having so many good people in her life.

There was a brightness in her eyes, a hopefulness. Sissix found herself melting. This could be a very lovely thing.