Marrying Louis Toussaint out of sheer desperation to escape her life as a waitress and the object of her stepfather's affection, sixteen-year-old Nita finds her life filled with anticipation and disappointment that reaches a disastrous pinnacle when two children are born and become the focus of Nita's destructive desires and unrestrained rage. 

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272 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2002