
Purity
About this book
Sixteen-year-old Shelby finds it difficult to balance her mother's dying request to live a life without restraint with her father's plans for his "little princess," which include attending a traditional father-daughter dance that culminates with a ceremonial vow to live "whole, pure lives."
Subjects
Fathers and daughtersComing of ageFictionPurity (Ethics)VirginityJuvenile fictionChildren's fictionFathers and daughters, fictionValues, fictionFather-daughter relationship