Rosie Ferguson, on the cusp of adolescence, is obsessed with tournament tennis. Her mother is a recovering alcoholic still grieving the death of her first husband; her stepfather, a struggling writer, is wrestling with his own demons.
And now Rosie finds that her athletic gifts, once a source of triumph and escape, place her in peril, as a shadowy man seems to be developing an obsession of his own.
Crooked Little Heart, with that winning combination of humor and honesty that marks Imperfect Birds and Rosie, the other two books in the trilogy, is a richly absorbing portrait of a family for whom the joys and sorrows of everyday life are magnified under the glare of the unexpected.
