Were in no name suburbia Harriet is 17 a misfit rich kid star of her high school crosscountry team but currently refusing to cross the finish line She lies to her friends She fakes suicide Its all a deflection her only parent is on his deathbed and she cant say goodbye Combine that with the looming reality that her acidtongued halfsister will soon be her only family this is one of those times in life when you decide who you are Someone who faces up or someone who runs away Then she finds a hair in her jello Her best friend calls her a coward A bird craps on her head Something shifts