My So-Called Ruined Life - Paperback

by Melanie Bishop (Author)

"The plot gracefully unfolds to a stunning climax that forces the characters--and readers--to reconsider the nature of love, justice, and forgiveness."
--CHRISTINE SEIFERT

After losing the previous summer to the shock and grief of her mother's murder, Tate McCoy is putting her life back together, aiming to make the most of her seventeenth summer. Her self-rescue draws on several resources--an aunt who makes the best camping buddy, a vegan best friend named Kale, a crush on her swimming instructor, volunteer work, an encouraging English teacher, and an irreverent sense of humor. But a horrifying discovery about her mother's death puts Tate's resilience to the test yet again.

Author Biography

MELANIE BISHOP writes fiction, nonfiction and screenplays, and has taught all of these subjects for the past twenty-one years as a professor at Prescott College in Arizona. Melanie has published short stories in numerous literary magazines, including Glimmer Train, Greensboro Review and Georgetown Review. Melanie is founding editor of Alligator Juniper, Prescott College's award-winning national literary magazine. My So-Called Ruined Life is her first young adult novel.