<b>A riveting portrait of life after abuse from an award-winning novelist.</b><br><br>Sixteen-Year-Old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father's fist) , $3.84, and a secret.<br> <br> He tries to move on, going for new friends, a new school, and a new job, but all his changes can't make him forget what he left behind - his mother, who is still trapped with his dad, and his ex-girlfriend, who is keeping his secret.<br> <br> At least so far.<br> <br> 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 <i>after</i>. After you've said enough, after you've run, after you've made the split - how do you begin to live again? Readers won't be able to put this intense page-turner down.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
