Jordan MacKenzie had a typical teenage life until her fatherās affair with a married woman threatens to implode her entire world in this searing and poignant novel from Printz Honor medal winner and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti.
People ask me all the time what having Vince MacKenzie for a father was like. What they mean is, was he always crazy?
High school junior Jordan MacKenzieās life was pretty typical: fractured family, new boyfriend, dead-end job. Sheād been living with her father, the predictable optometrist, since her mother, the hippie holdover, had become too embarrassing to be around. Jordan felt that she finally had as normal a life as she could. Then came Gayle DāAngelo.
Jordan knew her father was dating Gayle and that Gayle was married. Jordan knew it was wrong and that her father was becoming someone she didnāt recognize anymore, but what could she do about it? And how could sheāhow could anyoneāhave possibly guessed that this illicit love affair would implode in such a violent and disturbing way?