Life shouldn’t be about picking up the pieces.Beth Bradshaw has. Beth also, during her 10-year hiatus from Ryan, Tommy’s nephew, mourns ‘what could have been’, as well as the forceful loss of her innocence during childhood. Read 632 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. She sweeps them under the rug and refuses to confront them head-on. She struggles to have open, meaningful relationships with those around her, leaving this reader with the impression that Beth was going through the motions of life she was in superficial mode, not ever working on the difficult things life drops in our laps. As Beth grows up, it is evident that she continues to have issues from her childhood abuse. Beth, challenged with honestly accepting their mistake and not allowing blame to fall upon herself, is pretty much ripped from the safety of her grandparents’ home and the only adults she has ever truly trusted with her safety. Unfortunately, due to her parents’ misbegotten attention to their friends and drugs, they ignored the fact that they trusted the wrong people. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from. After catching Drew in the act, Tommy whisks Beth off to the only safe place she has. But when longtime family friend Tommy comes to visit, he instantly knows something is wrong. Her parents, both cocaine addicts, party nonstop, failing to notice that Drew, a frequent guest in their home, has been spending time in young Beth's bedroom. After being a child of using parents, Beth is forced to reconcile herself with her parents’ behavior. See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Myers, Maggi. Fourteen-year-old Beth Bradshaw is trapped in a nightmare. Beginning the story when she is a teen, we watch Beth grow up and move on with her life.

Beth is one of the strongest female main characters that I have read in a long time.

The final piece by maggi myers