Blue Plate Special by Michelle D. Kwasney

, LIBRARY MEDIA CONNECTION, STARRED REVIEW This book is impossible to put down and would be especially appreciated by older teen girls. , KIRKUS REVIEWS \'.Kwasney effectively develops her characters into multidimensional personalities, convincing in their strengths and weakness.\' -, VOYA The overall picture is of hope and affirmation, and readers will applaud these flawed but resilient women. TEENREADS.COM \'the kind of novel that mothers should give to their daughters or, even better, read and discuss together. Each of them finds strength that brings her closer to healing a painful past, and faith that there is a happier future.

As three girls from three different decades lives converge, they discover they are connected ways they could never imagine.

But when an unexpected phone call forces a trip to visit a sick grandmother she's never met, revealing her family's dark past, Ariel struggles to find the courage to make the right choice for her own future. Still, Ariel's sultry new boyfriend, Shane, manages to make even the worst days delicious. But after Desiree accepts half a meatball grinder, a cold drink, and a ride from her mother's boyfriend one rainy afternoon, nothing is ever simple again. But with a life thats anything but, how long can normal really last? Hanging with Jeremy, avoiding Mam, sticking Do Not Disturb Post-its on her heart, Desiree's mission is simple: party hard, graduate (well, maybe), get out of town. Until the day Tad, a quirky McDonald's counter boy, asks Madeline out for a date, and she gets her first taste of normal. Big Macs and pop tunes mask the emptiness as Madeline watches her mom drink away their welfare checks. Doomed loves, failed families, nixed dreamssomeone else's leftovers are heaped on our plates the day we come into this world.

Blue Plate Special by Michelle D. Kwasney