Sayre Bellavia has struggled her entire life with the knowledge that she was unwanted. But even with this information always buzzing in her subconscious, when she learns that her mother has been admitted to the hospital once again, Sayre trudges miles in the ice and snow to visit her.

In an attempt to avoid being hit on the snow-covered road, Sayre actually causes an accident and must try to save the severely injured driver. It is during the hours of waiting for help to arrive that Sayre begins to tell the story of all of the suffering she has endured growing up with an addict for a mother and how she is desperate to break away from a past that has had a strangling grip on her entire life.

In ORDINARY BEAUTY, a beautiful and heart-wrenching coming- of-age novel, author Laura Weiss taps into the fragile psyche of a teenage girl who desperately seeks to find a bit of hope and love in her life. It is heartbreaking to think that there are teens out there going through exactly what Weiss has portrayed in this book, but thanks to her skilled storytelling, attention can be shone on just how hard it can be to grown up these days for some. Using a classic example of the struggles of the mother/daughter relationship, Weiss delivers a story that is exquisitely written and is guaranteed to touch the hearts of all who read it.