Peck Book 5

Jessica's world turns upside down when her parents divorce and her father decides to leave. She commits to making her mother pay for divorcing her father, the wonderfully exotic, traveling photographer. When Jessica's mother suggests she visit her father in Mexico for the holidays, Jessica can't wait to experience her famous uncle's house-a painter. Her stay there allows her to experience freedom, friends and thrills of Mexico college students, and tanning. The only problem is ironically the reason she wanted to go-her father. Not only does he spend most of his time with a lover, he turns out to not be the fabulous father she thought. On the other hand, she finds out her mother is the author to a book she loves...


Personally, I didn't like the book. A lot of the thoughts were abstract and it ended rather questionably. However, the message of 'you never really know a person' is evident...and this includes your parents.