Connie's brother is a paranoid schizophrenic. Her father is virtually catatonic and her mother is an unstable and violent self-harmer. Her sister is a teen mother. Yet Connie is clean and well-turned out. She's getting As in every subject at school. She's polite and well-mannered. But her only friends are two girls with special needs and this is the clue that betrays the secrets the seemingly well-adjusted Connie is so carefully trying to hide.