The Girl No Boy Could Love

Tamara James battles arrhythmia and sickle-cell anemia, surviving Chicago's South Side one heartbeat at a time. With no future to hold onto, she finds fleeting comfort in hookups and backseat escapes-until her reputation becomes too heavy to bear. Fleeing to Tennessee, she arrives at Grandma Mary's doorstep ready to give up. But when Maurice Harding-a clean-shaven, principled poet from California-passes through town, Tamara sees a chance for something more. Though he wears a wedding ring, M...