Tracy Lloyd

Tracy Lloyd, a main character, lives with her Aunt Irene and Uncle Cory in Winfield Texas, where her relationship with Brad Johnson and the story unfolds. Although Tracy does not lack material possessions or people who care about her, her traumatic past and emotional distress lead her to maintain a pessimistic, cynical view of life, until the story's closing. Tracy lived happily with her mother, Danielle Lloyd, in New York until the summer before the story opens. Danielle had divorced Tracy's father, Richard Lloyd, and the woman's violent death plunges Tracy into the small town of Winfield, Texas. Richard places Tracy with her aunt and uncle for reasons that are unexplored; however, she interprets his decision as a rejection. In a way, Tracy has lost both parents and dislikes everyone and everything in Winfield, because it is an environment that is so alien to her. This isolation...