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Flat chested and agile as monkeys, the pretty little Sheppard sisters
hunt exotic insects as decorations for their mud pies and childhood
games. Yet, by the age of ten, Mya Sheppard’s body has outgrown her
innocent mind. Deeply troubled by its unwanted attention, Mya climbs
trees hoping to remain within the protected cradle of childhood. But the
violence that chased the Sheppard girls to California finds them and
forces them and their Mother back to Georgia and into the home of
Donovan Sheppard’s religious parents. Struggling against bouts of
anxiety brought on by salty California, Mya finds herself in a whirl of
trouble one afternoon when she’s left in the care of a grandfather who
finds her tempting. Despite the domestic issues plaguing the family,
this assault seizes Mya’s ability to defend her body against others, and
her own hands. Brutally honest and graphically told, Mya introduces the
reader to the life of a family fighting for love and normalcy, and
struggling to remain together.
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