A Novel. Rain Thomas is a mess. Seven years an addict and three difficult years clean. Racked by guilt for the baby she gave up for adoption when she was sixteen. Still grieving for the boys father, who died in Iraq. Alone, discarded by her family, with only the damaged members of her Narcotics Anonymous meetings as friends. Them, and the voices in her head. One morning, on the way to a much-needed job interview, she borrows reading glasses to review her resume. There is a small crack in one lens, and through that damaged slice of glass she sees a young boy go running down the aisle of the subway train. Is he screaming with laughter or just
