The radius of us
(Book)

First pubilshed in 2016.

After being mugged, seventeen-year-old Gretchen is still struggling to deal with her fears when she meets Phoenix, an eighteen-year-old immigrant from El Salvador. Told in alternating first person points of view, this is a story of love, sacrifice, and the journey from victim to survivor. It offers an intimate glimpse into the causes and devastating impact of Latino gang violence, both in the U.S. and in Central America, and explores the risks that victims take when they try to start over. Most importantly, this shows how people struggling to overcome trauma can find healing in love.

After being mugged, Gretchen is still struggling to deal with her fears. She meets Phoenix, an immigrant from El Salvador. In their first encounter they begin to explore the risks that victims take when they try to start over; they begin the journey from victim to survivor. Most importantly, they struggle to overcome trauma, and in doing so begin to find healing in love.