In Gravesend, Brooklyn, sixteen-year-old Elodia is an outcast at school, at odds with her father, and longing for her mysteriously absent mother.
Lonely and isolated, Elodia knows that something unspeakably terrible has happened to her-she just can't remember what.
Miles away in upstate New York, a young man named Gabriel occupies his time by killing sparrows and searching for his birth parents. Gabriel wants to show them what a good son he can be, well-behaved and helpful and no trouble at all-until a savage betrayal plants an ever-growing seed of revenge within him.
Desperate for the promise of their past lives and future dreams, both Elodia and Gabriel are broken and scarred, their lives shattered. Their wounds run deep-and that kind of damage is irrevocable. Unchangeable. Irreversible.
... Isn't it?
Born and raised in New York City, Luisa began her career as a journalist and content producer at New York magazine in the late 90s. Over the past 20+ years, her work has appeared in numerous print and online publications including the New York Times, New York, Parents, Family Circle, BuzzFeed, Vulture, Latina, USA Today, Elle, and many more.