Raw and fearless plunge into the mind of a young woman shaped by trauma, family illness, and buried violence. Told in fragmented, urgent prose, the novel captures the inner life of its narrator as she navigates her brothers brain tumor, a chaotic home, and a tumultuous awakening to sexuality and shame in consequence of sexual abuse. Unflinching and deeply intimate, McBrides debut is a searing exploration of memory, identity, and survival that lingers long after the final page.