"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

I do not exactly know if you are dead or alive. Nobody’s seen you around in a while. I miss you more than anything. Home isn’t so good right now and I can’t do anything right. I love you with all my heart and I’m sorry I wasn’t enough to make you stay. We haven’t talked in 7 years and it hurts. Grandma’s funeral, I heard you showed up. I’m sorry I didn’t stay to see you. I want to get to know the mom that didn’t have so many scars and wasn’t so unhealthy mentally and physically. I want you to know we miss you a lot . Every time something good happens I want to run to you and tell you. I’m just starting to get used to it. Well since I’m already writing to you..I want to know how you did it. Teen pregnancy and getting into drugs and alcohol and still making sure your kids had everything they needed and more. I really need some inspiration right now. My dad is doing terrible and I can’t do it. He doesn’t want to talk about you so I don’t know who you. Life for me right now is going downhill and I want you back and healthy.