Description
Some people are slightly awkward. Stephanie Reese is a nerd. Growing up in Chicago in the 1980's she's book smart but socially dumb. Her dysfunctional family gives her conflicting messages and further confuses her. One day Steph meets a smart girl named Cynthia Barr. Cynthia seems to have a magnetic attraction about her. As Stephanie bumbles through high school, one embarrassment at a time, Cynthia disappears from Steph's life but not her memories. In college Stephanie meets another enigmatic young woman, Alaina Jones,. Alaina helps bring Stephanie out of her shell but also leads her down a path of destruction. Fate brings Cynthia back in to Steph's life too, but only for an all too brief moment. Over time Stephanie makes the effort to get her life together and admit some hard truths about herself. In middle age she crosses paths with the long lost Cynthia once again, in a most poignant way. There is sadness and tragedy in this story. Ultimately you will find this tale uplifting and inspiring. It is the story of a life lived and finding out through trial and error who you really are.