A riveting portrait of life after abuse from an award-winning novelist.

Sixteen-Year-Old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his fatherÕs fist), $3.84, and a secret.

He tries to move on, going for new friends, a new school, and a new job, but all his changes canÕt make him forget what he left behindÑhis mother, who is still trapped with his dad, and his ex-girlfriend, who is keeping his secret.

At least so far.

Worst of all, Jace realizes that if he really wants to move forward, he may first have to do what scares him most: He may have to go back. Award-winning novelist Swati Avasthi has created a riveting and remarkably nuanced portrait of what happens after. After youÕve said enough, after youÕve run, after youÕve made the splitÑhow do you begin to live again? Readers wonÕt be able to put this intense page-turner down.