There Will Be Lies

Shelby Jane Cooper is seventeen, pretty and quiet. It''s just Shelby and her mom, Shaylene, a court stenographer who wears pyjama jeans, stitches tapestry, eats ice-cream for dinner and likes to keep Shelby safe. So safe she barely goes out. So safe she doesn''t go to school. Because anything could happen, to a girl like Shelby. Anything.

When Shelby gets knocked down by a car, it''s not just her ...