After the Leaves Fall

Julia DeSmit can''t wait for her life to begin. After her mother leaves when Julia is nine years old, she''s raised by an unassuming, gentle father and a saintly, matriarchal grandmother until her father dies just as Julia is becoming a young adult.
On the cusp of womanhood, Julia feels jaded by her circumstances and longs for a new identity. College seems like the perfect place to start over. But...