Liv's older brother was a daredevil. He was always living on the edge. When he sees a loaded gun on his best friend's attic shelf, he plays with it and it goes off. Who is responsible? The 17 year old who should have known better or the adult that left a loaded gun on a random shelf? Liv just wants her brother to be cared for and her mother to have some stress relief. She also still cares about the best friend's family, and they live right across the street.

I think it definitely describes rural Maine really well. It's a made-up town on the Kennebec, I pictured Madison, Maine because it sounds the closest to Maddigan to me, but could have been any number of towns. The gun safety discussion definitely feels realistic for the area too. I'm still thinking about Liv, who is working so hard to support everyone else at the expense of herself.