The much awaited sequel to Marble Road, Waiting for the Silver Lining follows Alexa Samson as she journeys through her last year at Redgrove College. In just one more year, Alexa will be free. One year until the end of school. One year until she is eighteen. One year until she can claim her miracle lottery win. One year until she save Bethany from the streets and heroin. All Alexa has to do is make it through. One more year. With the support of the Whites at home and Mr Knight at school, Alexa is able to believe that this might be possible, as they help steer her life towards something more than liveable. For the first time in her life, she is able to experience the joy of being truly part of a family. However, when Alexa's street-life collides violently with the Whites' peaceful home-life, she is forced to choose between the foster family she loves and the sister she can't live without. That one moment will make Alexa confront her greatest fears - the horror of her childhood nightmares, the terror of losing those she loves most - of losing Bethany - and even her own life.Perhaps she had been right, and the only way to touch the silver lining was to die.