内容简介:
Heather Rail is a teenager with big problems. She is shunned by her peers at school, her parents fight constantly, her sister is perfect, and the one person who has always understood her, her brother Cash, has been disowned by the family. Withdrawn and alone, Heather is friendless until she meets Max Bennet, a troubled, suicidal seventeen-year-old with a drinking problem. Max is hard as nails and rough on the outside, but he harbors a sensitivity deep within that Heather can appreciate. Max, however, has problems of his own. Aside from alcoholism, he is also suicidal. Heather willingly follows Max, as he is the only friend she knows and the only person who understands her horrible secret: Heather is a self-mutilator, a cutter, and she has been keeping it secret for months. Before her life spirals completely out of control, Heather must learn that there are people she can trust and people who can help. But will she learn this before itas too late?