Trapped in a lackluster town with her verbally abusive mother, seventeen-year-old Lacey Robinson knows one thing for certain: The only antidote to all the problems she and her brother face is getting as far away as possible from their inept home life. When an admissions project from Lacey’s out-of-state dream college comes along, she knows it’s the ticket out she’s been hungering after. After all, Lacey knows there’s nothing that can’t be solved by putting miles between her and her problems.