Things without a name

the long version

"Ordinary happiness doesn't much feel like it has a place in Faith's world. Thirty-two, single, with a dysfunctional family and a busy job as a legal counsellor at a women's crisis centre, Faith sees much of the worst the world has to offer. Constantly hearing stories of love gone wrong and dealing with the aftermath of battered women fleeing from brutality, Faith has just about given up - given up on all the big ideas like hope, happiness, love and trust, not to mention any hope of decent sex with an ordinary bloke. When you live in a warped world, you become warped yourself,' she tells Suzy, her sister who is about to get breast implants as an engagement present from her fiance. But one night, Faith finds herself in a veterinary clinic after she's run over a cat. It is a night that slowly changes the way Faith sees herself and the work she does. Faith finally begins to see what she has always needed to understand: that those who are looking to save others need to save themselves first. And in saving herself, Faith finds the place inside herself that wants - more than anything - an ordinary happiness."--Provided by publisher.