Marietta Greer, aka Taylor, wants something more out of life.  She wants to get away from the life-less Pittman County of Kentucky and find something more exciting.  She packs her bags, says goodbye to her mom, and leaves.  Taylor heads west to find something, anything, else.  In this novel Taylor overcomes her fears, makes new friends, and has her heart broken.

            Before Taylor got to Tucson, her car broke down on the Cherokee Indian Reservation in Oklahoma.  She finds a repair shop in the middle on nowhere across the road form a café.  Taylor stops in this café and sees a few men and a woman holding a baby.  When Taylor leaves the café, the woman puts the baby in Taylor’s car.  The woman tells Taylor to take the baby for its own safety.  Taylor ends up taking care and adopting this child.

During Taylor’s time in Pittman County she develops a fear of tires.  She once saw a tire blow up in front of a man, causing him to fly into the air and be draped over the tire sign.    Ever since, she’s been scared to go near a tire that had a potential to blow up.  When she finally finds a place she thinks she could stay at, Tucson, she works for a lady name Mattie.  Mattie happens to own the tire store where Taylor repairs the tires on her car.  While working at the tire store, Taylor overcomes her fear.

While Taylor is in Tucson she meets Lou Ann.  Lou Ann and Taylor become roommates.  They share their biggest fears and goals with each other.  They become almost like sisters throughout the novel.

Taylor also meets a man, whom as far as we can see she loves.  This man, Esteven, is a married refugee from Guatemala.  Estevan and his wife live above the tire store Taylor works at.  IN the end, Taylor is able to give up her love for Estevan when she gibes him and his wife a ride to Oklahoma City.  She takes him and his wife to Oklahoma City.  Taylor takes them there so they can hide from the Guatemalan government and be saves.  After they pretend to be Turtle’s parents so Taylor can adopt her, Taylor leaves them in designated safe house.