Once a girl turns fifteen, her name gets put into a raffle. Once a guy turns 18, his name is also entered. The town match-maker chooses a boy and a girl and then on January 1 of each year, the new couple meets. The brides are forced to live in their new 'master's' house for twelve months. If by that time they aren't pregnant or have given birth, they are shunned from the community and some of the girls are killed. Of course, it isn't the husbands fault. Living in a sexist community where women are treated like chattel is disgusting, but more so for 14 year old feminist Jessica Lee. In a society where men rule and woman follow behind, how will Jessica survive holding her tongue through marriage and what is supposed to follow?

Writing someone out of suicide is harder than you'd think. It was just supposed to be an English writing assignment. It was never supposed to turn into this. It was just supposed to be an assignment in co-working on something. It was never supposed to end up like this. It was just supposed to be a paper on something controversial. It wasn't supposed to be real. It wasn't supposed to be my biggest nightmare.