Tin Lily
Just because you survive doesn’t mean you’re alive.
One moment fifteen-year-old Lily Berkenshire is sitting in her bedroom, favorite song blaring through her earbuds, history book open on her lap. The next, her alcoholic father is shooting and killing her mother. Then he’s pointing the gun at Lily and pulling the trigger. Click. He’s out of bullets.
For now.
When she moves to Seattle to live with her aunt, Lily retreats into peaceful, dissociative trances to escape the shattered nightmare that is her life. Soon, though, she discovers a beautiful boy who wants to take her out, a therapist who wants to help her heal and new friends who believe she can find wholeness again.
But her father wants something else entirely. He is hunting her and unless Lily confronts and heals the devastation inside her, she’ll forfeit her life to a father determined to end it.
From the first shot to the final, terrifying showdown, Tin Lily is an edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller.
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What are people saying so far?
"This was an absolutely beautifully written novel. The characters were creative and I easily could connect to all of them, mostly Lily. Her feelings were very similar to mine when I lost my own mother and I felt that this novel was truly written with brilliance. I loved this novel and I'll be happy to read more from Joann Swanson."
-Eman (Goodreads)
"I found Joann Swanson's Tin Lily captivating from the first sentence to the last. The main character, Lily Berkenshire, is a strong, captivating character who is trying to overcome blaming herself for her mother's death. A small detail of Lily's not answering a phone call from her alcoholic, abusive father haunts her. If only she answered the phone..."
-Brenna Pappert (Goodreads)
"I loved the book! I really felt drawn in to the story with the main character, Lily, throughout the book, and her struggle to deal with her mom's death. I enjoyed the author's style of writing and would love to read more of her work!"
-Shauna Davis (Goodreads)
"I loved this book! It peaked my interest from the beginning and kept me wondering until the end! I enjoyed the character development and the story was fascinating. Can't wait to read more by Joann Swanson!"
-Jan Hall (Goodreads)