Inexcusable

Inexcusable

by Chris Lynch

Published by Simon Pulse (2005)

165 pages; ages 17+

Synopsis: Keir loves Gigi, and he hates when people question him. As the youngest and only boy in his family, Keir is introduced to drugs and alcohol by his father. His two older sisters know that something is wrong, that their family is not as wonderful as Keir thinks it is, but they do not know how to address the issue. Keir finds himself drunk and high and in constant denial that he has done anything inappropriate to Gigi, that he couldn't have raped her because he loves her.

Genre: New Realism/Problem

Warning: language, sexual and violent themes, disturbing subject matter

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