At twelve years old, Heather Petersen wanted to die.Growing up amid arguments, addiction, and abuse, Heather spirals from despair into rebellion.By the seventh grade, she’s drinking, smoking, and doing drugs. As a teen, she settles intoplaying the victim and drowning in self-pity. Then she meets Jayson Stover.Jayson dreams of making it as a musician. Drawn to his hopefulness, which had been entirelyabsent in her upbringing, Heather confesses that she lo...