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Violet Sellers is blue, and for good reason. She’s repressing a shocking secret she won’t tell anyone, especially her comfortably middle-class parents. When she makes a new friend in school, Jules Marks, who lives on the “other side of the tracks” with his five little sisters, she is introduced to a dark world of self-abuse. As Violet learns about Jules and his shifty mother, Lee, she retreats further into her shell. Her parents, Gloria and Skip, are horrified and do their best to find ... [Read More...]

Mary Kline has always confronted the challenges of her obesity and infertility with unyielding determination, but she desires a child of her own. When her vulnerable friend Pearl unexpectedly finds herself pregnant, Mary steps forward as both caregiver to Pearl and guardian to her child, Elizabeth, but Elizabeth resents Mary, finding her repulsive and her upbringing stifling. As the years pass, Elizabeth grapples with unresolved anger and struggles with her mental health, seemingly destined to ... [Read More...]

Mary Kline has always confronted the challenges of her obesity and infertility with unyielding determination, but she desires a child of her own. When her vulnerable friend Pearl unexpectedly finds herself pregnant, Mary steps forward as both caregiver to Pearl and guardian to her child, Elizabeth, but Elizabeth resents Mary, finding her repulsive and her upbringing stifling. As the years pass, Elizabeth grapples with unresolved anger and struggles with her mental health, seemingly destined to ... [Read More...]