Publisher's Synopsis
Even before Jen disappeared, Jimmy knew his best friend was leaving him behind. While she attracts stares from boys and men, fifteen-year-old Jimmy still passes for a child at the movies. He takes refuge in the past, before their friendship and life became so complicated. She's his favorite subject-in front of the camera and otherwise-but photos can't capture what he really wants. Yet Jimmy remains devoted, even lying for her when she runs off with strangers-men-she's met online.
Jimmy feels that Jen's disappearance is his fault, just like the twelve-acre blaze he starts in the canyon near their trailer park. And he's holding on to a secret that no one can drag out of him-not the taunting kids at school, an apathetic psychologist, or his despairing mother.
Revolving between past and present, Paul W. Buchanan's vivid "snapshot" vignettes evoke a young man's struggle with oncoming adulthood, heartbreak, and incredible loss.
