In the small town of Niscemi in Sicily, 26-year-old Valentina is living with her parents. She spends her time crocheting, swimming in her family’s makeshift pool, and accompanying her ailing father to his doctor’s appointments, all the while longing for the independence to live in the city like her older sister. Meanwhile, a ground station of giant antennas receives data as part of the insidious MUOS, or Mobile User Objective System—a next-generation network of U.S. Department of Defense satellites. For years, locals have protested the system for fear that strong electromagnetic waves are causing irreparable harm. Despite her parents’ objections, Valentina joins the anti-MUOS movement and begins to gain her freedom by learning to drive, finding a job, and moving out of her parents’ house. Through this tender and vulnerable coming-of-age story filled with poetic imagery, we are compelled to see the worldwide impacts of American militarism.  BD