
"Belton does an admirable job of letting Leah describe her despair and the alienation she feels from her parents, especially her mother, whose own grief makes her seem insensitive to Leah... Readers who have experienced the complex range of emotions brought on by a tragedy of...

from what the police report said i was probably kissing lester at the exact time my brother killed himself wouldn't mama just love to hear that There's only one thing that matters. I begin to know somewhere deep inside of me that I would give anything on this earth to be able...
