*insert pretty here*

In tomorrow's society, being pretty is all that matters. The right hair, the best clothes, the ideal height and shape-perfection is not only attainable, but mandated. Girls who can't conform to the high standards of perfection set by the already perfect men are knocked back into line with threats of being sent to Halewood, from which no one ever returns.

Though she's walking on thin ice with her flawless mother, Clarissa manages to keep on her good side-that is, until the day her mother catches Clarissa's eyes bleeding. With her world crumbling around her, Clarissa is about to find the ugly face beneath the pretty façade.