Allison runs away from home. To wait out difficult times, she breaks into someone else's house, thinking that it is empty. But that's not true: an elderly woman named Marla, who suffers from dementia, lives there - and she mistakes Allison for her old friend Butterscotch. So now she's Butterscotch. Realizing that this is wrong, she nevertheless agrees to this role - in the end, she no longer has to think about sleeping over. Gradually their friendship grows stronger, and Allison sees how much Marla really needs someone close. Will she be able to become this person and will she finally find a place for herself in this world? Sarah Crossan is an Irish writer, winner of numerous prestigious awards in the field of literature (Carnegie Medal, YA Literary Award, CBI Irish Book of the Year Award) , prize from The Bookseller magazine). The story of the friendship of two completely different people - a teenager with problems at home and an old woman suffering from dementia. The very form of relationship that can heal and transform even a wounded soul. Blank verse - the author’s signature style, laconic lines, the entire text can be parsed into quotes! We recommend it to fans of the books “Still Alice” (Lisa Genova) and “Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine” (Gail Honeyman).