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Seventeen‑year‑old Alyssa is abruptly dismissed by her father for being a lesbian, prompting a forced relocation to a modest Colorado town to live with a mother she has never known. There, she confronts the painful realities of her family's dynamics and her own identity, learning to reconcile her feelings for herself and her fractured home environment.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Julie Anne Peters
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