- The prologue is the story of how we got here. Ready? It goes a little something like this:
- Deanna was thirteen and she and Tommy were having sex in the backseat of Tommy's Buick.
- While they were in the act, Deanna was writing a story in her head, the story of a girl (got that?) who was a surfer, and who paddled away from the shore until she couldn't see it anymore.
- Deanna's dad busted them, pulled Tommy off her, threw him on the ground, shoved Deanna into their old Toyota Tercel, and took off.
- Deanna's not sure if he was crying,
- What she is sure of: that was three years ago, and he's barely looked at her or spoken to her since.