Publisher's Synopsis
Her whole life, rebellious fifteen year-old Adeline Pearson has fought to protect two things: her younger brother, Billy and the treasured memory of their dead father, Will Travers. Neither task has ever been easy. Always standing in Addie's way have been two people-her long-suffering mother, Anna and their alcoholic step-father, Jake. By the summer of 1977, Addie's battles with her step-father have taken a toll on the Pearson family. Desperate to finally be free of him, she hatches a daring plan to get Jake out of their lives for good. Failure will surely make life worse for the determined Addie so she enlists her brother, confident that success will snap their mother out of her weary acceptance of Jake's self-destructive ways. Set in the small town of Lost Elm, Minnesota, Addie Braver is the story of addiction, redemption and loss-of one family's harrowing and heroic journey to brave all three without completely falling apart.
