All teenagers think their family's the worst. Mom's embarrassing community service work, awkward holidays split between parents' homes, school and siblings and a small town where nobody gets you. The only thing more confusing is the early twenties. Fumbling through college and into a half-baked career, looking for love with the emotionally unavailable, even the legally unavailable—as in married. But these early potholes and pitfalls can't prepare Keli for what comes next: her mother's bout with cancer. With a gripping voice full of candor, humor, and heartbreaking sincerity, Charlatan tells the story of one woman shaking off the false life she thought she needed and realizing what's really important. Love, like the love her mother lived.