Seventeen magazine expresses some of the appeal of this honest, heart-wrenching novel: "Cheevey stays so consistently crushworthy that you may end up thinking you"d be the perfect person to ease his pain." Cheevey"s spirit crumbles as he watches his family disintegrate. He"s always held his family together before, but now his parents have retreated into silence, his sister hovers on the verge of mental illness, and his brother, well, his brother might be a lost cause. As his 20th birthday draws near, Cheevey wonders what part of himself will remain intact after the last family bombshell is dropped. Cheevey is a soulful, inspiring character with a heart as wise as it is naked. Gerald DiPego"s crafting of this young man"s emotional journey is so fine that readers will hear Cheevey"s heart beat next to their own.