Helen Landalf, Flyaway

Start: 12/14/2011 7:00 pm

First-time novelist Helen Landalf debuts with a sadly believable account of the destructive power of drug addiction.

Fifteen-year-old Stevie's mother has always been her own person, a free spirit who works as a dancer at a nightclub and has a very hands-off approach to parenting. But when she goes missing for days, Stevies aunt Mindy takes her niece in, pushing Stevie to help get her mother into rehab. Angry and in denial, Stevie resists admitting that her mother is a crystal meth addict, hoping things will go back to normal. Meanwhile, Stevie's social life starts to mirror her home life, with her only friend, Tonya, starting to get into meth as well.

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