AustLit

'One year ago, my boyfriend almost killed my mother.

'One year ago, my whole world ended.

'The boy I loved was the boy who ended my world; Leo drank too much, got behind the wheel and smashed his car into my mother's as she drove home from work. I believe him when he says it was an accident, but there’s only so much forgiveness you can dole out when you’ve seen your mother laid out on a hospital gurney, all pale skin and damp hair from where they’ve tried to wash the blood away. There's only so much forgiveness you can dole out as you watch a nurse feed her through a feeding tube, because your mother has turned into a ghost.

'Yesterday the postman handed me a letter from the prison where Leo’s being held. Leo’s getting out. The boy who stole my mother and thrust me into this hell? He gets to walk free after one lousy year. He gets to move on with his life, and start again, and I’m trapped in this nightmare that never seems to end.

'One year ago, my boyfriend almost killed my mother.

'One year ago, my whole world ended.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.