At fifteen, Faith Duckle was lured under the bleachers by a bunch of boys and brutally attacked.
Faith eventually turns to violence for retribution, forcing her to flee home in search of the only friend she has -- a troubled but caring busboy who is the lover of a sideshow performer -- and to tumble into the colorful, transient world of.
Now, almost a year later, a newly thin Faith is haunted by her past and by the flippant, cruel ghost of her formerly fat self who is bent on revenge.
At fifteen, Faith Duckle was lured under the bleachers by a bunch of boys and brutally attacked