Masha Hamilton is the author of four novels: Staircase of a Thousand Steps, (2001) a Booksense pick by independent booksellers and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection; The Distance Between Us, (2004) named one ...
One Sunday afternoon in March when I was fourteen, my friend Cindy was murdered in the Arizona desert not far from my home while on her way to my best friend’s house. We were in eighth-grade English and math class together and we played afterschool volleyball, and on Monday morning, when my parents came into the bathroom while I was getting ready for school, their faces white and a newspaper ...
