It’s memory. It’s trauma. It’s the foundation where love and loss collide, where family ties strangle as much as they save.

Calliope “Callie” Potts has always been caught between contradictions: a tender little sister shadowing her gifted brother Jude, a daughter forever scarred by a mother’s rage and a father’s failings, a woman who learns early that survival is built on silence, quick wit, and scars that make their own stories.

From dirtcastles and My Little Ponies in a broken sandbox to the jagged truths of addiction, betrayal, and grief, Clovis is a searing coming-of-age story that refuses to look away. Told in Callie’s fierce, unsparing voice, this novel peels back the layers of a fractured family and a girl growing into a woman who must reconcile the violence of her past with the possibility of joy.

If you’ve ever loved someone who saved and broke you, this book will find you (and never let you go)