Eileen Dunlop always considered herself unhappy and resentful of life. Her mother died after a serious illness; his father, a retired policeman in a small town, became an alcoholic, and his older sister abandoned the family. Eileen herself, working in a prison for teenagers, looked after her half-insane father in her free time. She often dreamed of leaving everything, moving to New York and starting a new life. However, these dreams remained empty fantasies of a notorious girl. But one Christmas something happened that forced Eileen to put on her mother’s coat, take out all her savings, grab her father’s revolver, jump into the old family car - and disappear without a trace... “Eileen herself is by no means a literary gargoyle - she is painfully alive and humane... / The Guardian"