She Said Yes is no hagiography.
Cassie is no plaster saint.
Her mother has written a painfully honest portrait, with the blemishes and beauty of adolescence equally represented. This is not a martyr's tale. It is a mourner's meditation-a mother's story of the death of a beloved and normal teenager. It's a profoundly human story that should be read by every parent and every teen. She Said Yes is a contemporary story of parents who try to do the right thing in a culture that mocks and undercuts them at every turn.