Kaeleigh and Raeanne are 16-year-old identical twins*, the daughters of a district court judge father and politician mother running for U.S. Congress. Everything on the surface seems fine, but underneath* run very deep and damaging secrets.

    When the girls were 9, daddy started to turn to his beloved Kaeleigh in ways a father never should and has been sexually abusing her for years. For Raeanne, she needs to kill the pain of not being daddy’s favorite; for Kaeleigh, she wants to do everything she can to feel something normal, even if it means cutting herself and vomiting after every binge*.

    How do Kaeleigh and Raeanne figure out* just what it means to be whole again when their entire world has been torn to shreds*?

    While the twins’ mom is rightly blamed for ignoring child abuse, the author’s insistence on making Kaeleigh the “substitute*” for her working mother misplaces responsibility for incest*.

    Families can talk about why parents and teens in the novel keep such harmful secrets. Why is it so important for teens to feel safe sharing even difficult topics? The characters deal with their problems in a variety of self-destructive ways — can teens think of better ways to cope?(SD-Agencies)