The Tracey Fragments

Naked under a tattered shower curtain, 15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz has been sitting on a bus for two days, telling her story and looking for her brother, Sonny, who thinks he's a dog. She confesses her hopes and fantasies, as well as the grief and horror of a hardscrabble life. As time passes, Tracey's stories begin to twist the truth and entwine it with lies, at once captivating and unsettling the reader. As an unforgettable portrait of a teenager on the verge of imploding, "The Tracey Fragments" has been compared to "The Catcher in the Rye" with a style similar to that of "Go Ask Alice." Maureen Medved's first novel is a raw, moving account full of twists and turns, fear and uncertainty, trust and betrayal.