RAGE. THATS THE FEELING ENGULFING THE CAR AS ELLENS MOTHER SWERVES OVER TO THE HARD-SHOULDER AND ORDERS HER DAUGHTER OUT ONTO THE ROADSIDE.

This is the story of Libby and her siblings over one long, hot summer, and how one decision can have terrible, unintended consequences . . .

Driving at twilight one day, Faye Gallagher, a widowed mother of five, actually does it: She stops the car five miles from home and leaves her twelve-year-old daughter, Ellen, by the side of the road. Darkness sets in; the hours pass. Why hasn’t Ellen come home?