Anica Mrose Rissi: Girl Reflected in Knife, Gebunden

Blurb

Short, sharp, and expertly crafted, this realistic YA is a portrait of a girl who will do whatever it takes to carve out a place for herself in the world.

Destiny cannot count on anyone but herself. Her mother has struggled with addiction for all of Destiny's seventeen years, moving them from town to town, bad boyfriend to bad boyfriend---including a particularly dark period in Texas, where Destiny ended up in a psychiatric hospital. But now they're in a small town in a new state and her mother's new boyfriend is sober and stable. And even more remarkable, Destiny has caught the eye of local golden boy Ryan.

But Destiny's fairy tale bubble bursts when Ryan says their summer romance has to give way to football season. Destiny spirals hard, retreating into the same delusional and dissociative patterns that landed her in psychiatric care as a child, but this time the breakdown culminates in a pregnancy that can't possibly be real.

Destiny's skill as an artist is alternately a lifeline and a millstone as she struggles to resurface and reconnect with reality.