Before Now Was Now

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)>Sixteen-year-old Rae's life is a disaster.  Her mom is a recovering alcoholic her best friend is a real-life Hollywood mean-girl and her dad recently ditched her for his thirtysomething girlfriend. Is it any surprise she's perpetually one crisis away from an anxiety attack? </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)>Everything changes when Rae's grandma reveals a shocking family secret and sends Rae to Taos New Mexico to find an extraordinary family heirloom. With the help of Iggy and Rhody-a pair of quirky misfits with a passion for eighties music and bad behavior-the rich history of the area springs to life along with secrets so painful Rae is tempted to do the one thing she promised her grandma she would not do . . . </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)>Will Rae's incredible journey help her confront the dysfunction in her life? Or could her obsession with fixing the past destroy the world as we know it?</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)>Imbued with the wild magic of New Mexico </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)>Before Now Was Now</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(55 65 81 1)> is an exhilarating romp across the decades a moving exploration of the struggle for belonging and identity the often painful bonds of family and the consequences of choices that trickle down through generations.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>