Something terrible has happened to Melinda, but she can't speak of it. She won't speak of it. Eventually though, it just crawls out of her. This was a really powerful story about violence and depression and finding the strength to continue and to heal. Although it deals with some very mature topics, it would be a great book to read and discuss with teenagers. Maybe even a necessary book. It shouts the message that we cannot know by someone's actions what pain they are suffering.