Picture a Girl

In this middle-grade novel, Addie has to draw on all her resilience to look after herself and her little brother, Billy, when their mother, who struggles with depression and alcoholism, leaves unexpectedly.|Addy and her brother, Billy, are left alone when their mother splits town—not for the first time. Mama struggles with depression and alcoholism, and sometimes she just can't cope. But Addy knows no one can find out, so it's up to her to keep everything going in Mama's absence. Hard as it is, she realizes she's a survivor.