"More than a stunning debut. It is the announcement of a bold new literary voice"
—Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower

This is not a love letter. You were a monster. Why did you do heroin? Why did you become abusive? Why did you want me to be around just to bring me down? Why did you hurt so many people? Why did you steal? Why did you decide to have kids just to steal from them? Why did you even bother? Why couldn’t you be there? Why couldn’t you have been a good father? Why couldn’t you have chosen your two daughters over drugs? Why couldn’t you have treated your mother with respect? Why couldn’t you have left me alone? How could you mess my life up? How could you ruin my trust? How could you hurt us? How could you corrupt us? How could you hurt others with no guilt? How could you hurt me? Why did you destroy your body? Why did you even bother?