Malloy, Brian

High school senior Kevin Doyle struggles to fit in at school while hiding some disturbing secrets, including his attraction to another boy in his class, his father's plans to abandon his family on the same day Kevin's mother was killed in a car accident, and the doubts that his mother's death may have been suicide.

Molly Swain has fallen in love with her lab partner Mark Dahl at Le Seur High School. Suddenly they learn that they will be both moving to New York City for college but Molly doesn't suspect that Mark has a secret which will keep them forever apart.

From the end of her senior year at Minnesota's Le Sueur High School through her first year as a physics major at Columbia University, Molly Swain finds the inner strength and good friends to help her cope with huge challenges, including learning that the boy she loves is gay.