Stella's Story

Stella is forty-three, single, with no children, living in Saint Paul, Minnesota, surviving a horrific childhood. Her instincts are to be antisocial, but her therapist wants her to try and make new friends.

Her Life Changes

Her life changes when she meets her next-door neighbor, Amanda, and begins playing Scrabble with strangers on the internet. Soon, she finds herself making a new friend, surrounded by children, going to clubs, and falling in love in a most unusual way to a man that is the complete opposite of herself.

The Theme

This is a story of survival and redemption in a harsh world.