Publisher's Synopsis
Being 16 years old is supposed to be the best time of your life. Hanging out with friends, dating, and trying to pick the best college to go to are the many woes of being a teenager. But for Harmony, things aren't quite that simple. She's a teenager dealing with the pressures of being over-weight and the fact that her mother is dying. Harmony's entire life has been turned upside down after finding out her mother has stage 4 Breast Cancer. She feels that she is capable of taking care of her mother without the help of her estranged father, who moved back to St. Louis from to Chicago, Illinois after finding out his wife, is dying. Harmony resents him because he chose his music over his family. And now, he's trying to come back into their house and lay down the law, which Harmony is not having. As Harmony tries to accept the fact that her mother isn't going to be with her for much longer, she has to deal with her promiscuous best friend Britney, who keeps getting into trouble due to her boy crazy antics, and Harmony has to lie to cover for her. Harmony isn't really into boys, but she develops a friendship with the Pastor's son Brandon, of her family's church, causing Britney to apply pressure about losing her virginity. A mother's love is forever, but how can one teenager deal with the stress of knowing her mother is dying, along with a mountain of feelings and emotions that are starting to come with the lust filled crush that she has on Brandon. And, to make matters worse, Harmony's father is trying to step in and parent his not so accepting daughter. How will Harmony survive?
