“Pattyn is a girl raised in a religious, Mormon family, but what happens behind closed doors at her house does not fit the image of traditional Mormon beliefs. When Pattyn finds herself drawn to a young man outside of her faith, she begins to see the oppression of females in her culture and feels there should be more to her life than becoming a wife and mother. This does not go over well with her father--who is a closet drinker. She is sent away, discovers a new way of life, but the story doesn't end there. That would be too easy of a story and Ellen Hopkins never makes things easy. I never saw this ending coming. A sequel is to be available in the fall of 2013.”
