Ellie Monroe is a survivor in every sense. Twenty-two, Type 1 diabetic and bipolar II, she manages her chronic illnesses on a healthcare plan that barely covers the essentials. Music, sarcasm, and wit are her armor, but bills, insulin, therapy, and mood stabilizers never stop stacking. She’s fiercely liberal—feminist, anti-gun, anti-racism, anti-sexism, and opposed to deportation policies—and she wears her beliefs like armor, ready to argue, debate, or call out injustice wherever she sees it.