Description
At Black Rock High, Crystal is the kind of girl everyone thinks they know—cheerleader, honor student, and beauty queen—until her private life begins to diverge from the bright public story. Spanning years of coming-of-age, the novel follows her journey from a romantic, daydreaming twelve-year-old to a woman of thirty-two whose mind has been shattered by trauma. As Crystal discovers faith, leaves home for college, and endures devastating losses, her evolution becomes a searing exploration of how love, power, and violence can reshape a life from the inside out. With Lee Smith’s vivid, emotionally charged storytelling, this is a novel about resilience and rupture—about what it costs to survive when the world refuses to protect you.
Available Editions
mass_market
Ballantine Books
Published Sep 12, 1986
262 pages
ISBN: 9780345338495
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Details
First Published
1986
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Black Mountain Breakdown by Lee Smith.