USA Today Bestselling Author J.L. Berg's first YA title, THE TATTERED GLOVES, releases January 24th - but we couldn't wait to give you a peek! Read the haunting prologue below and preorder your copy today!

   

About THE TATTERED GLOVES

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Head down. Don’t look up.  Never make eye contact. These were the rules I’d learned to live by while growing up in a house where men frequented but did not stay. When I was very little, I’d always assumed my mother had a lot of friends. Big, strong, manly friends who protected us since I didn’t have a daddy. How naive I had been. The men who had visited only wanted one thing, and my mother was happy to give it — for a price. She’d never made any desperate attempts to shadow this particular part of her life or protect me from it. The most I’d gotten was a flippant warning when I started showing signs of puberty. “Willow, you might want to keep out of sight more now,” she’d said. Thanks, Mom. And then, when I’d garnered more than a glance or two, she’d say, “Stay in your room at night. Don’t come out.” But, even with all the rules and warnings, I couldn’t keep them all away. I couldn’t keep him away. He’d managed to snuff out every bit of me in a matter of minutes. Whatever remnants of innocence I’d had from my childhood was gone like a puff of smoke. But, in our darkest hours, sometimes, even the weak could find the light. I did, and this… this was my story.

 

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