Dear Miss Metropolitan

"Gwin, Fern and Jesenia spent 10 years locked in a basement, enduring torture from a figure known as “Boss Man.” Ferrell’s debut novel, based on Cleveland’s Ariel Castro case, startles in its subject matter, but even more startling is the author’s moving excavation of an important, complicated story from the tragedy. Gwin lives on her love of Prince; Fern cherishes memories of dancing to Soul Train; and Jesenia lives by her wits. Ferrell’s book reminds readers that no trauma exists in an utter vacuum and that no survivor of trauma lacks dreams."

"so jaw-droppingly disturbing and yet enchantingly, achingly beautiful"