Alone Together

Sadie Carters life is a mess as wavy and tangled as her unruly hair. At 15 she is barely surviving the chaos of her large Catholic family. When one sister becomes pregnant and another is thrown out her unemployed dad hides his depression and her mom hides a secret. Sadie the peacekeeper and rule-follower has had enough. The empty refrigerator years of hand-me-downs and all the secrets have to stop. She longs for something more and plans her escape. However getting arrested was not her plan. Falling in love was not her plan. With the help of three mysterious strangers--a cop a teacher and a cute boy--maybe Sadie will find the strength to defy the rules and do the unexpected. Told in verse Sarah J. Donovans debut Alone Together has secrets romance struggle sin and redemption all before Sadie blows out her 16 candles. Its a courageously honest look at growing up in a big family.