Struggling to control the capricious world in which his adolescent son and he live, single father Jack Owens witnesses the unraveling of all of his careful measures and works beside an unexpected friend to make sense of the past, which is marked by his wife's abandonment and other heartbreaks. 25,000 first printing.

Tara's sister died a year ago, on the day that Tara didn't answer her phone when Hannah called. And Hannah stepped in front of a bus. Now Tara lives with the guilt of wondering if things would be different if she had been there when Hannah needed her most. Competing in slam poetry competitions is the only way Tara can keep her sister's memory alive and deal with all the unanswered questions. But at some point, Tara is going to have to let Hannah rest in peace, and she will need to find a way to move on.