A terrible accident occurs on the Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River. Jenna's mother who was driving dies and Jenna has head trauma, brain swelling, amnesia, facial lacerations, and cracked ribs, but she survives. The truck driver also dies. Jenna thought she saw an animal in the car's path; told her Mom to watch out; and may have grabbed the steering wheel. She is the only witness to the tragedy.
Told in first person point of view, the story describes Jenna's path to recovery: in the blue - a Demerol induced haze, in the raw - feelings and thoughts are raw and hurtful as knife blades; rehab; not re-establishing relationship with her absentee father and his new wife and family; moving in with her Aunt Caroline's family; starting a new school; meeting Gabriel Saint-Croix - Crow; and getting involved with drugs. Jenna describes her life in 2 voices - before the wreck and after the wreck. Crow helps Jenna come to terms with her accident, her father, and her new life.
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