Alison Reads

Seventeen-year-old Zoe finally gives up caring for her alcoholic mother and moves into a rented room across town. She is constantly short of money and fighting with her controlling disfunctional family members. This book left a bad taste in my mouth. It’s full of four-letter words and sleazy sex. I found this book profoundly depressing, although I suspect it is meant to be uplifting. But then, I haven’t ever known anybody with a life like Zoe’s–thank goodness. For high school readers; not appropriate for middle school.