<div><p>A figure skating prodigy, sixteen-year old Alivopro Doyle is one of a few &quot;hopefuls&quot; racing against nature's clock to try and jump and spin their way into the Olympics. But when a disastrous fall fractures two vertebrae, leaving Ali addicted to painkillers and ultimately institutionalized, it's not just her dreams of glory that get torn asunder, but the very fabric that holds her fragile family together.</p><p>Tracy O'Neill is a writer living in Brooklyn, New York. She was adopted from South Korea and raised in New Hampshire. In 2012, she was awarded the NYC Emerging Writers Fellowship by the Center for Fiction. Currently, she teaches at the City College of New York.</p></div>