The death of Sarah's mother has upended Sarah's world. Her sudden bout with cancer and the quickness with which she departed life meant there was not much time to prepare, and even if there had been Sarah would still not have been ready. She had to leave her beloved arts boarding school to return home to take care of her father, who is literally falling apart, and her younger brother, who remains an optimist despite all of the hard times they are experiencing. Her dad quit his job, money has stopped coming in, bills are piling up, food is scarce, and he can barely take care of himself, let alone his high-school daughter and her seven-year-old brother.
Back at the local high school, Sarah meets David Garza, who she can tell is totally into her. But Sarah doesn't have time for a relationship, let alone romance. She's too busy making art she sells on the Internet, trying to keep her family together while her father falls to pieces under the weight of grief and alcohol. But David is tenacious, and Sarah finds it harder and harder to ignore him.
When Sarah is assigned a school project in her social studies' class, she soon finds herself digging deep in her mother's roots, examining both her Mexican and her Guatemalan ancestry. What she discovers that her mother was deeply interested by a specific part of history that has all but been forgotten, Sarah decides she attempt to complete her mother's passionate desire to rectify a wrong. But this project also forces Sarah to deal with the grief of losing her mother, something she has not allowed herself to do in order to save her family. And perharp dealing with all of this pain and sorrow would be better if Sarah had help...
Sarah is a strong character who singlehandedly attempts to protect her family while also living her own life. David is sweet and ready to help. Both of them eventually come to an understanding as their relationship grows into something more. Sarah's struggles are realistic and relatable. Fans of stories where the main character attempts to overcome the challenges in their path will appreciate Sarah's tale and her perspectives on a life that fell apart but that is gradually being rebuilt.
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