Billy Jolie

The Tear Collectors Billy Jolie

Publisher Marketing: THE TEAR COLLECTORS is the story of three teenage misfits whose lives entangle over the course of one summer; where secrets revealed give way to an explosive finale of love, angst, and casualty. Changes that accompany divorce can be hard. For Farrah, she's forced to spend the summer at Crystal Lake with her alcoholic mother, but this is just the beginning of her problems. As her new life slowly unravels, an inner demon from her past surfaces and threatens her sanity. Binge and purge - it's a lot easier for Farrah to cope when she's ten pounds skinnier. And by summer's end, she discovers looks can be a real killer. Being openly gay isn't easy for 17-year-old Brendan White. When his high school guidance counselor all but demands his disenrollment, he knows he'll be in trouble at home. Fearing his father's wrath, Brendan flees and finds himself at the edge of a cliff, contemplating a swan dive. He's lost all hope, but a redheaded stranger appears and begs him to reconsider. Their chance encounter alters his future irrevocably. The best way to piss off your Upper East Side parents is to narrowly escape an arrest for drug possession. Blaze's antics find him exiled to his grandmother's lake house for some fresh air rehab. There, he meets a couple of damaged souls and assumes a new role - protector. But even Blaze can't derail what's inevitable.