This is a short story that moves through time. It is about a girl (Katie), her first love, and also her relationship with her father. It is a kind of tragicomedy. All the characters in the story are connected, although they are geographically and sometiems temporally separated. It's basically about how we are products of our environment, yet victims of our own whims and fantasies. The story begins with an ocean and ends in an acoholic haze. Katie's father's story is one of adventure, and yet Katie's story is one about a wounded, rebellious, drawing into herself. There are manhy ways to spin this, but the basic point it-- READ IT! You want to read it, I believe, because it has a pulse. It is one Jessica's early efforts, but just because it is young doesn't mean you won't see yourself in it. It has a heart. And it takes the reader into their own.
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