![]() When Eleanor returns, Matty learns more about her sister’s past and current issues, then revels in her own new life. Eleanor leaves for a planned getaway with her husband, so Matty spends time alone, painting room murals. On the plane, Matty meets handsome widowed dad/restaurateur Ty. She discusses her trauma in therapy, contacts authorities to file charges against an elusive Jett, and flies to California to confront Eleanor. Matty realizes she must fully face her past. Matty is now 30 and living in Baltimore, and Claire, married with kids, is moving to Germany. “She”- Eleanor-“said you’d do it,” Jett had told Matty before raping her. Instead, she bolted for Baltimore, joining friend Claire, after Matty’s boozy mother dismissed Matty’s revelation of being repeatedly raped at 16 by her young boyfriend, Jett. It was the morning of sister Eleanor’s wedding and also Matty’s birthday as a gift, Matty was given a truck to drive to art school in San Diego. Matty Bell recalls jogging on a California beach with her often absent Navy father. ![]() Raped as a teen, a woman finds romance, a new art career, and new connections to family in this debut women’s fiction novel. ![]()
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