An unadulterated look inside the lives of those hardest hit by the Great Recession, Steve Passey shows with great clarity that when all else fails, it’s our relationships that keep us afloat, even if we’re drifting to nowhere.

"Brilliantly subtle, yet brutally raw." - Mix Hart, author of Queen of the Godforsaken

"I wanted to wave my lighter in the air...these are stories of innocence lost and innocence stolen - shocking, compelling, and deeply moving." - Darrin Doyle, author, The Dark Will End The Dark and The Girl Who Ate Kalamazoo

"These kids are marked, black and blue, by their hardscrabble lives. You will be, too." - Rea Tarvydas, author of How to Pick Up a Maid in Statue Square

"Here [Passey] paints in smoldering ruins." - Robert James Russell, author of Mesilla and Sea of Trees

"Steve Passey's stories bring us into a world of beautiful losers: wayward, hard-luck victims of bad blood, bad judgement and bad karma ... the reader may yet discover a heart of gold or two." - Lori Hahnel, author of Love Minus Zero, Nothing Sacred and After You've Gone