Izzy At The End Of The World

From the critically acclaimed author of Deposing Nathan comes an explosive examination of identity voice and the indelible ways our stories are rewritten by others. In the beginning Owen’s story was blank . . . then he was befriended by Lily the aspiring author who helped him find his voice. Together the two have spent years navigating first love and amassing an inseparable friend group. But all of it is upended one day when his school’s administration learns Owen’s secret that he was sexually assaulted by a classmate. In the ensuing investigation everyone scrambles to hold their worlds together. Owen still wrestling with his selfdestructive thoughts and choices. His father a missiondriven military vet ready to start a war to find his son’s attacker. The school bureaucrats who seem most concerned with kowtowing to the local media attention. And Lily who can’t learn that Owen is the mystery victim everyone is talking about . . . because once she does it will set off a chain of events that will change their lives forever. Heartbreaking and hopeful this is a comingofage story that explores how we rebuild after the world comes crumbling down.