by Lashonda Craig路Translated by Novel AI Studio
Seventeen-year-old Jazz navigates the gritty streets of late 1990s Tacoma, WA. Her life, once anchored by her grandmother's modest home and the illicit trade of drugs and dough, shatters when her baller boyfriend is imprisoned. Left utterly alone and vulnerable, Jazz is thrust into a brutal world she's ill-equipped to handle. Her kindhearted nature and youthful naivete become liabilities as she faces a barrage of assaults: severe beatings, repeated robberies, and a harrowing invasion of her motel room. Two shadows emerge from the night, their violent acts leaving her body and spirit irrevocably scarred. Jazz must now confront the crushing weight of betrayal and her own shattered innocence, fighting to survive in a city that threatens to consume her entirely.
