Wreath, a Girl

A coming-of-age story about a girl and a widow and their journey together.

An exhilarating novel about an orphan determined to make a better life for herself--and a widow who needs her help.

Wreath Willis, 16, is finishing high school by day … and living in a junkyard by night.

Faye Durham is adjusting to life as a widow, running the old-fashioned furniture store her husband left her and growing more bitter by the day.

Alone after the death of her mother and on the run from a horrid man named Big Fun, Wreath needs a job. Faye needs her. Reluctantly these two help each other and build a different kind of family.

As Wreath sets off in search of a better life, she makes a list in her trusty notebook: "Find a place to live. Buy cheap food. Finish high school." Then she adds: "Avoid notice"—because Wreath is pretty sure most people won't understand a teenager living alone.

But it's hard to go unnoticed when life puts a cute boy named Law on her path and brings in Faye, her new boss who depends on Wreath's creativity to turn the dying business around.

Living at the junkyard is lonely and scary—but Wreath refuses to give up on her dreams. And, Faye seems to be finding romance too with her store neighbor.

Has Wreath maybe, just maybe, found a true home after all?

Book 1 in the Wreath Willis series

Next: "Wreath, In Summer," Book 2

Then: "Wreath, To College," Book 3