Penny and Tate have always clashed. Unfortunately, their mothers are lifelong best friends, so the girls’ bickering has carried them through playdates, tragedy, and more than one rom-com marathon with the Moms. When Penny’s mother decides to become a living donor to Tate’s mom, ending her wait for a liver transplant, things go from clashing to cataclysmic. Because in order to help their families recover physically, emotionally, and financially, the Moms combine their households the summer before senior year. So Penny and Tate make a… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Anxiety
- Emotional child abuse & neglect
- Cheating recounted*
- Sexual assault mentioned*
- Suicidal ideation mentioned
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Alcohol consumption
- Physical illness & injury*
- Ovarian cancer mentioned including discussions of the original diagnosis, remission, and death
- Surgery recounted, including organ donation and an oophorectomy
- Death of a father, on-page
*Context : The protagonist’s ex cheated on her in the past. Mentions of an interrupted assault that happened twenty-five years earlier. Mentions of dealing with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and surgery required for a tug o’ war injury that nearly severed fingers.
