Award-winning novelist Patrice Lawrence takes readers on a moving and heartbreaking journey through the loss, wrath, and involvement with the criminal justice system of a young person. Charlene is a knitting demon. She only finds enjoyment in it, and she only thinks she is particularly good at it. Charlene loses it and stabs her foster mother's son in the hand with her knitting needle as he ruins her most recent work. She becomes involved in the criminal justice system for assault as a result of it damaging a nerve. In her whole life, Charlene has never expressed regret or made amends to anyone. However, she is frequently told that if she apologises, people will be more understanding. When she loses her independence, will she be able to say that without really meaning it?