Anna Livingstone is thirty-something, a successful lawyer, and a diligent community volunteer. Shes happily married to Peter and a devoted step-mother to his two children whose mother is deceased. Now Anna is facing a real dilemma: the children she has raised with love seem to be turning against her in their adolescence. In Worlds Apart, a family is fragmenting as young people search for their place in a hostile society, combining engrossing fiction with a serious vein and distinctive theme.