Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen, she has already lost more than most people lose in a lifetime. But she has learned to forget. The broken glass drives away the sorrow and leaves behind only serenity. You don't need to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, forever lost. Or your mother, who has nothing left to offer you.

Each new scar hardens Charlie's heart a little more, yet it still hurts too much. It hurts enough that she doesn't care anymore, something that sometimes needs to happen before you can find your way back from the edge.

A deeply moving portrait of a girl in a world that owes her nothing and has taken so much from her, and her journey to get well again. Kathleen Glasgow's debut is heartbreaking in its truth and fearless in its honesty. It is a story that will not let you put it down.