Von Allan, previously known for insightful commentary, has launched The Road to God Knows… at girlamatic.com. Description from the press release:

“The road to god knows…” is the story of Marie, a young teenage girl coming to grips with her Mom’s schizophrenia. As a result, she’s struggling to grow up fast; wrestling with poverty, loneliness, and her Mom’s illness every step of the way. Betty, Marie’s Mom, can’t help; she’s living with an illness that’s slowly getting worse and increasingly frightening. With her Mom absorbed in her own problems, Marie is essentially alone while she learns to deal with the chaos in her young life.

It debuted yesterday, and there are still plans to put it into print next year, so consider this your extensive free sample. It’s also been reviewed by another girlamatic contributer, Leigh Dragoon, at Sequential Tart.