Rage. That's the feeling engulfing the car as Ellen's mother swerves over to the hard-shoulder and orders her daughter out onto the roadside. Ignoring the protests of her other children, she accelerates away, leaving Ellen standing on the gravel verge in her school pinafore and knee socks as the lig...
This "meticulously plotted" novel explores "the mysteries of dysfunctional families... and adolescents' imperfect... understanding of the world of adults" (Sarah Lyall The New York Times Book Review).
"The night we left Ellen on the road, we drove up the mountain in silence."
