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Ten years after surviving the suicide bombing that killed her parents, sixteen-year-old Janine still struggles with grief, guilt, and avoiding the predatory news media. The charismatic pastor who saved her from the rubble comes to town, drawing Janine back into her painful, repressed memories and back into the media spotlight. Janine's emotional journey is nuanced but muddied by competing plot lines.