She describes how prior to the incident, she felt she was just another "anonymous" American who goes through life in a predictable rhythm of work, school, church and picnics.

But this activism "failed to prevent the death of Jordan Davis (Jacksonville, Florida), Michael Brown (Ferguson, Missouri), Tamir Rice (Cleveland, Ohio), Eric Garner (New York City) as well as countless others".

[2] Fulton goes on to discuss her son Trayvon and how before he became a "martyr" and "symbol of racial injustice", he was simply a boy growing up trying to find his way in life.

The rest of the book alternates between Fulton and Tracy Martin as they discuss being forced out of their lives as ordinary Americans and into the spotlight because of death of their son and the events that followed.

[6][7] In USA Today it received three and a half of four stars;[8] in The Washington Post, Wesley Lowery called it "a beautiful, searing account of their experience...an intimate portrait of their slain son and a detail-rich chronicle of the year from his death to his killer’s acquittal.