Sara DiShon, victim of a broken family does everything in her power to keep her siblings and her mother from falling apart after her father walks out on them. The 'Aftershocks' hit her one after another, and the only true constant in her life now, is her newly found boyfriend, Jesse Curtis, 'super jock, hunk and the biggest crush of her life.' Sara isn't a cheerleader or very popular. She can't believe Jesse is interested in her. By standing by her and for her, Jesse, a product of divorced parents himself, helps Sara to overcome the many obstacles facing her. Kristi Davitt has written a truly wonderful and touching book for young adults. Kim Cox, author of Suspicious Minds, Starlight Writer Publications/Deadly Kisses Imprint <> Amateur anime artist Sarah DiShon's world is turned upside when her father moves out of the house, divorces her mother, and plans to remarry his pregnant girlfriend. What's left of the family is leaning on Sarah. Her mother's crying a lot, taking sleeping pills, and unable to meet the bills. Her younger sister Mischa is freaking out that their father has deserted them. It's too much stress and now Sarah can't eat. She's loosing too much weight the wrong way. Sarah has put aside her own feelings to help her family and to act as a go-between, to make her dad own up to his responsibility to her younger brother and sister. But it's not working -- her father doesn't seem to care.