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278 pp.
| Little/Tingley |
June, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-0-316-07874-0$17.99
(3)
YA
Nursing a shattered self, lesbian Alyssa must completely reconstruct her reality when she is exiled by her homophobic father to live with her disreputable mother, a virtual stranger, in a small mountain town. As she processes her past, Alyssa finds direction, community, acceptance, and love in the unlikeliest of places. Colorful characters and raw flashbacks pervade this bildungsroman.