A story through the eyes of 15 year old Violetta Giovanni, an Italian girl with a heart of gold, an intelligence quotient of 171, and a struggle with post traumatic stress disorder. Living in an abusive household, Violetta yearns to strive in the unsafe environment she is forced to call home. With an abusive drunk named Johnny for a father, a deceased mother, and her father's girlfriend Rosetta who she despises, Violetta's chances of thriving are close to diminished. On the rocky path she starts off on, can she still make something of herself?