Sam Russo's father shot himself. Her mother is the neighborhood whore. Her best friend, Darrius, is leaving for Iraq in a month. Her childhood friends are never leaving Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. And the only person she has in the world is Terrell, an ex-convict from the projects who is abandoning her for a new shot at life in Atlanta. Sam will do anything in the world to keep Terell. She soon finds her self in a web of her own teenage lies that has tragic consequences far beyond anything she could have ever imagined.
—Anonymous