So what if someone doesn't have the “right” jeans or shoes. Like who the fuck decided jogger pants were a thing? Or what girl decided that we should all wear the same boots and the same uggs? Like I’m so sorry I don’t have enough money to go buy 50 dollar jeans? I’m also so fucking sorry that one day in my life I want to express myself with what I wear. So this book will be about a teen girl going through High School aka hell and going through the “fashion dictatorship”.

It's early summer, and in a small community on the central Jersey Shore, a black car screeches to a halt outside the Wright Bros grocery. Danny looks up from where he's working at the carwash to see the driver rifle out of the car and chase a girl rushing into the store. For some reason-fate perhaps or intuition-he decides to cross the lot and investigate. When he meets Mary, there is a great deal Danny doesn't know, but he certainly knows that he's been struck. For it's like the keys to an old car had been dropped into his hands and is about to start the engine that will forever alter the outcome of their lives. Some Place Better Than Here is a gritty, unflinching look at how we define family and come to grips with loss. It's about growing up in a small town, following your dreams, and mapping out the uneven ground that often lays between love, friendship, and sexual awakening.