The beautiful struggle of a girl desperate for the one relationship that has
caused her the most pain
Cassie O'Malley has spent the past two and a half years in a mental
institution—dumped there by her mother, against her will. Now, at 18, Cassie
emancipates herself, determined to start over. She attends college, forms new
friendships, and even attempts to start fresh with her mother. But before long,
their unhealthy relationship threatens to pull Cassie under once again. As
Cassie struggles to reclaim her life, childhood memories persist and confuse,
and Cassie must consider whose version of history is real, and more important,
whose life she must save.
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