Maren Yearly is a young woman who wants the same things we all do. She wants to be someone people admire, respect and love. But her secret, shameful needs have forced her into exile. She hates herself for the bad thing she does --- she doesn't just break hearts, she devours them. Love may come in many shapes and sizes, but for Maren, it always ends the same --- with her hiding the evidence and her mother packing up the car. But when her mother abandons her the day after her 16th birthday, Maren goes looking for the father she has never known, and finds much more than she bargained for along the way.