I loved this book. I also loved the way the relationship between the protagonist and her mother. It's got its problems, some of them just normal teen stuff, some of the stress-induced, but it's clear that there's a genuine love, there. And her mom, rather that being the normal sort of terrible, is someone who is making hard choices in difficult circumstances, not all of them entirely wise.

Man, I need to read it again. It was water in a dry land.