In this spare and beautifully-written novel in poems, Kelly Bingham captures the agony of loss and the triumph of the human spirit. The book opens with Jane Arrowood, a southern California teen, in the UCLA Hospital following a shark attack that left her in a coma, and required the amputation of her right arm above the elbow. Details of the attack emerge through flashbacks, interjected newspaper articles, and conversations with her family. As Jane begins the two-steps-forward, one-step-back dance of recovery, readers walk with her, feeling her pain as she realizes her relationships are all changed, and …

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