*** 2018 WISHING SHELF BOOK AWARD*** 2018 IAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD*** 2015 IPPY AWARD A raw and haunting, coming-of-age novel about a courageous young girl, her tragedy, unique survival skills and divine intervention. Growing up in her parents' crazy hippie household on a tiny island off the coast of Boston, Jules's imaginative sense of humor is the weapon she wields as a defense against the chaos of her family's household.
Somewhere between routine discipline with horsewhips, gun-waving gambling debt collectors, and LSD-laced breakfast cereal adventures, tragedy strikes a blow from which Jules may never recover. Adversity requires her to find the will to live despite the suffering in her life--and she encounters, in her darkest moments, what could be explained as serendipity or divine intervention. For Jules, this experience offers the hope she needs to come to the rescue of her fractured life. " .
*** 2018 WISHING SHELF BOOK AWARD*** 2018 IAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD*** 2015 IPPY AWARD A raw and haunting, coming-of-age novel about a courageous young girl, her tragedy, unique survival skills and divine intervention. Growing up in her parents' crazy hippie household on a tiny island off the coast of Boston, Jules's imaginative sense of humor is the weapon she wields as a defense against the chaos of her family's household.
Somewhere between routine discipline with horsewhips, gun-waving gambling debt collectors, and LSD-laced breakfast cereal adventures, tragedy strikes a blow from which Jules may never recover. Adversity requires her to find the will to live despite the suffering in her life--and she encounters, in her darkest moments, what could be explained as serendipity or divine intervention. For Jules, this experience offers the hope she needs to come to the rescue of her fractured life. " .