Very believable story of the effect of a parents' schizophrenia on his child. Sydney has been raised by her hard-working single mom, after her father left the family when she was young. She always believed he was an alcoholic and a drug addict. At 18, as she is preparing to leave home for college, she finds out the truth about her Dad: the alcoholism and drug addiction are the results of his unmedicated schizophrenia, and the reason he lives on the street. Since schizophrenia is a hereditary mental illness, this raises alarm bells for Sydney, and explains why her mother wanted her to attend college locally, and live at home.

There is a budding romance with a boy who will be attending Juilliard, and a best friend who is gay. There is a secret trip to New York to try and find the father. There is what she learns about her fathers' illness and what she learns about herself. Worth reading. ( )

Please see my review on Amzon.com under C. Wong. Thank you. ( )