Distancing herself, and giving up all her life goals is all Caroline Winters has accomplished sense the disapearence of her sister fifteen years ago. The thirty-two year old cocktail waitress still blamed herself for her missing sister; although her mother still searched, and her sister belived she was dead, Caroline was in a far worse point between the two and unwilling to let herslf have hope or, give up. Shortly after the death of her mother, a photograph in a maginzine, matching what her little sister Ellie should look like, was the first in the sequnce of events to send Caroline on the search for her missing sibling. Along the way she relizes that she herself is even more so lost, and only needs to accept that in order to rebuild and enjoy life the way it should go.  

A few Quotes:

1. "Later, I wonder what my father might have been like without the alcohol in his blood,"

2. "I tried to lose myself in the music fill the corners with light" 

3. "I usually spent the day practicing, hoping that if I filled the house with piano notes, there would be less room for yelling." 

4. "I kept us safe."

5. "I didn't trust anyone, and I was always ready for something to go wrong."

6. " I had one sister, anyway, I had lost her for long enough."

7. " I start over when I need to. I' am starting now."

8. " When I wake up, the sun is still not out, just the moon. But I am not alone."

9. "All I knew was how to be lost"

Some Invigorating Vocab:

1. Volatile: apt to become suddenly violent or dangerous

2. Extricated: Free with dificulty- to release somebody or something with difficulty from a physical constraint or an unpleasant or complicated situation