Can Lara help Marna, the painfully shy new girl, emerge and spread her wings? First Lara must deal with her own feelings. Does she love the faithful Stan, her first ever boyfriend, or beautiful, exciting Jake, on the road with his Crimson River rock band? How can she cope with the hated bully, Gowd Gadrey, who's back in town, awakening powerful memories? And her reserved and troubled stepmother, Gladwyn, who has her own tragic past to confront? A gang of out-of-town bikies with evil intentions, who Gowd seems to know quite well, leads to a night of revelations for Lara.
It is not only Marna who is 'at the chrysalis stage' in this immensely moving story, a celebration of the human spirit, liberation and hope, from the best-selling author of "Thunderwith".