The Center of Everything instinct When she finally crosses a

When she finally crosses a terrible boundary

After the success of the Monica books and movies

setting out to build a life together in a derelict beach house on the Atlantic coast

Wedding bells ring

nothing is ever what it seems

The Center of Everything instinct When she finally crosses aCritics and readers everywhere stood up and took notice when Laura Moriarty's captivating debut novel hit the stores in June '03. Janet Maslin of the New York Times praised The Center of Everything as "warm" and "beguiling." USA Today compared the scrappy yet tender hearted Evelyn Bucknow to Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. It garnered extensive national attention; from Entertainment Weekly to the Boston Globe and the San Francisco Chronicle, the