Journal of Correspondence and Conversations Between Lord Byron and the Countess of Blessington (1851)

aHere youare family because we chose you.a Those words are on the door of the foster home, the place where four abused children first find love and each other. When Amanda opens the doors of her womenas refuge, she is unaware she is opening the doors for her sister to return and to secrets that will bring her closer to her once-abusive mother; secrets that will at last give her the one thing she desires. When Stormy runs away after a severe beating, she has nowhere to go. A hotel clerk tells her about a womenas refuge. She goes, expecting to find a safe haven, but never expecting to find everything she is looking for.