SOLVED. YA fiction. Mother and son flee from abusive father. They move to grandparents by a cliffside. Son isn't white and faces racism. [s]

[Georgina]

Im looking for a book about a mother and son fleeing their home because of domestic abuse from the father

The book starts off with them gathering stuff and running out the door with the father chasing them and they eventually escape then they move to a cliffside to the grandparents the son isnt white so he faces racism every day there the book tends to go from the escapees pov to the fathers

The mother ends up working at a diner and seeing her sons biological dad and i know at the end the father does find them but the grandfather ends up beating him and getting him arrested


I was so sure the book was called something along the lines of on the edge of the cliff but i cannot find it

[Kris]

The Edge by Alan Gibbons?

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Keywords: abusive son | Title: edge | Subject: fiction

[Kris]

Georgina, what's the genre (which we need to add to the topic header) - e.g., for adults or teens? fiction or nonfiction? thriller, coming-of-age, realistic fiction, etc.?

Around what year did you read this book?

[Georgina]

It is the edge thank you so much on my way to order it again !!

[Kris]

You're welcome! Glad you found your book, Georgina.