My Right Ear Hears No Wind, We Shall Never Meet Again

From the back cover

When a fireworks accident permanently deafens Violet's right ear, she loses her place at the conservatory and the university she spent three years fighting for. Her younger sister Lily is sent to Europe, her brother Daran cuts off contact, and Silas, the boy she grew up with, swears he will never look at Lily again. For seven years Violet believes her family is grieving with her.

Then Lily graduates and flies home. Her mother hands Violet the car keys and tells her to pick Lily up, even though Violet's thesis defense is that afternoon. When Violet hesitates, her mother, father, Daran and Silas all turn on her, insisting Lily has suffered enough and that Violet should let her come home. Later, clearing out the room that was once her music studio, Violet finds a folder of photos and videos showing the truth: the family never cut Lily off. They loved her in secret all along.

With half her world already silent, Violet changes her job placement to a city three thousand miles away, and instead of going home, takes a cab to the hospital where she was treated seven years ago.