The narrative centers on and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara . They are opposites who struggle to coexist: Morgan sacrificed her own dreams after becoming pregnant young and is determined to prevent Clara from repeating her "mistakes". Clara, in turn, finds her mother predictable and lacking spontaneity.
. When Morgan and her daughter Clara lose the one person who anchored them—Morgan’s husband and Clara’s father—their world doesn't just stop; it unravels. The "extra quality" of Hoover’s writing here isn't just in the romantic tension, but in the brutal honesty of resentment The narrative centers on and her sixteen-year-old daughter,