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Zoie Cruz is a recovering heroin addict fresh out of the New York City foster care system. After being arrested for possession and the failure to report her brother's overdose resulting in his death, Zoie is court-ordered to complete nine months of rehab and then sent to live with her previously estranged aunt and her aunt's wife in Northern Michigan.
At seventeen years old Zoie's new cozy little town seems like the perfect place for her to find a new normal, stay clean, and recover from the fatal mistake she made. But when Zoie discovers unexpected information about her brother's overdose, she is convinced that it is entirely her fault. All of the hard work she's put into her sobriety doesn't feel like it matters anymore. She doesn't want to start over at a new school, she doesn't want to care about the number of days she's been clean or getting to know her aunts. Zoie doesn't want anything at all, except for maybe the comfort of her addiction.
And as it turns out this town isn't as safe as it appears to be. Zoie is faced with temptation at every corner, from the guy at school who has access to the pharmacy his father runs to the guy in her narcotics anonymous meetings that has no real interest in committing to sobriety to a jealous classmate that would do anything to see her fail. But Dean, the star football player and golden boy of her new school, is determined to help Zoie keep her head above water, even if all she does is push him away. And Zoie's aunts aren't showing signs of giving up on her anytime soon.
Teetering on the line between addiction and recovery Zoie must decide her life is worth filling with family and friendship or risk meeting the same fate as her brother.
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