Broken, alone, and suicidal after being forced out of the closet by his supposed best friend, Maxxie Josephs decides on the unthinkable- suicide. But when things don't go to plan and he survives, he's trapped in his own personal hell of forced treatment, and forced to being to tackle the insurmountable struggles in his life.
Inspired by real events and people in the author's life, "Ripples" is told in a series of vignettes, following around several people who are being currently impacted by Maxxie's choice.
'Maybe life isn't for everybody' I told myself over and over again. 'Maybe that's okay.'
Jess is a depressed, high school student. When she is 15 she tries to kill herself for the second time which leads to her being entered in to 4 different phsc wards within a year. It is in these places she is introduced to drugs, a subject to rape, and also learns to live with who she is.