Bytheageofnine,Iwillhavelivedinmorethanadozencountries,onfivecontinents,undersixassumedidentities.I’llknowhowadocumentisforged,howtowithstandaninterrogation,andmostimportant,howtodisappear...TotheyoungCherylDiamond,lifefeltlikeonebigadventure,whethershewashurtlingdowntheHimalayasinaricketycarorminglingwithunderworldfixers.Herfamilyappearedtobeanunbreakablegangoffive.OnedaytheywereinAustralia,thenextinSouthAfrica,thepatternrepeatingastheycrossedcontinents,changedidentities,anderasedtheirpasts.WhatDiamonddidn’tyetknowwasthatshewasbornintoafamilyofoutlawsfleeingfromthehighestinternationallawenforcementagencies,afamilywithsecretsthatwouldeventuallycatchuptoallofthem.Bythetimeshewasinherteens,Diamondhadliveddozensoflivesandlies,butasshegrewolder,loveandtrustturnedtofearandviolence,andherfamily--theonlypeopleshehadintheworld--begantounravel.Shestartedtorealizethatherlifeitselfmightbeabigcon,andthepeoplesheloved,themostdangerousofall.Withnowayoutandheridentityburnedsooftenthatshehadnoproofsheevenexisted,allthatwasleftwasagirlfromnowhere.Survivingwouldrequirehertoescape,andtodosoDiamondwouldhavetounlearnalltherulesshegrewupwith.Wild,heartbreaking,andoftenunexpectedlyfunny,NowhereGirlisanimpossible-to-believetruestoryofself-discoveryandtriumph.
