Description:APRIL HAD ALWAYS FELT LIKE AN OUTSIDER.
Her older sister Brenda was tall, athletic, competitive, and sure of
herself. But April Taylor was short, sensitive, and overweight — and
she couldn't bounce back from their father's cutting criticisms the way
Brenda did. April didn't know why their once-loving dad had become a
coldhearted monster, but she was sure it had something to do with her.
And she could see how his cruel behavior was tearing away at her gentle
mother. But a glimmer of happiness returns when Brenda brings home her