Amy Reeds vroege leven, gekenmerkt door frequente verhuizingen en een rijke verbeelding, informeert haar verkenningen van rusteloosheid en identiteit. Na een omweg via de filmkunst keerde ze terug naar haar eerste liefde, het schrijven, en perfectioneerde haar ambacht via een MFA-programma. Haar debuutroman verkent de complexiteit van de menselijke ervaring met een onderscheidende stem die genuanceerde emotionele landschappen vastlegt. Reeds werk wordt gekenmerkt door diepe introspectie en een scherpe observatie van de innerlijke werelden die ons vormen.
After Grace learns of a girl who was run out of town for accusing the popular guys at school of gang rape, she convinces her friends Rosina and Erin to help her form an anonymous group of girls, called The Nowhere Girls, to resist the sexist culture at Prescott High. As their group grows in number their movement becomes about more than sex, and transforms the lives of its members, their school, and the entire community.
Facing terminal cancer, Evie cherishes her remaining days, aware that her time is limited. As she grapples with her diagnosis, a surprising opportunity for a second chance at life emerges, challenging her perspective on hope and survival. This poignant journey explores themes of gratitude, resilience, and the unpredictability of fate, as Evie navigates the complexities of living with a terminal illness.
When Cassie moves from the tiny town where she has always lived to a suburb of Seattle, she is determined to leave her boring, good-girl existence behind. This is Cassie’s chance to stop being invisible and become the kind of girl who’s worth noticing. Stepping into her new identity turns out to be easier than Cassie could have ever imagined… one moment, one choice, changes everything. Cassie’s new existence both thrills and terrifies her. Swept into a world of illicit parties and social landmines, she sheds her virginity, embraces the numbness she feels from the drugs, and floats through it all, knowing that she is now called beautiful. She ignores the dangers of her fast-paced life… but she can’t sidestep the secrets and the cruelty. Cassie is trapped in a swift downward spiral tinged with violence and abuse, and no one—not even the one person she thought she could trust—can help her now.