Splitsville

"It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all." Sid Litman will be the the first one to tell you that this cliche is bullshit. After her mom left when she was eleven, Sid's been a member of a support group for kids with divorced parents. She met her two best friends in the group, but she's also heard countless tales of marriages falling apart, and she's come to believe the town is cursed. No love can last here, and nothing is worth having unless it will last forever. But, she's a senior in high school, and change is on the horizon.

With only a few months left before she leaves for college (if she can even commit to a college), a good thing happens at the worst time; she and the new boy start falling for each other. Her best friends are excited for her, but she's afraid of starting something doomed to end once the new school year starts. Not to mention, her mom has just come back into her life, and she's terrified that going to different colleges will drive a wedge between her and her friends, who have been a makeshift family for the past six years.

A story about reluctantly growing up, the families we forge, and learning that ephemerality doesn't negate worth.