Long Way Home by Melissa Hart Romero

When Veronica's mother, Maggie, comes out and leaves her husband, she takes Veronica and her siblings with A powerful true story of finding truth and family despite the odds. When Veronica's mother, Maggie, comes out, she packs up her three kids and leaves the safety of the only life she's ever known. But a short time later, Veronica's father has Maggie declared unfit and she loses custody of Ronnie, Katie and Tim. Caught between her mother's home filled with love and the verbal and physical abuse she experiences from her father, Ronnie struggles to hold on to what's most precious, coming finally to understand her mother's simple truth: Home is where the heart is.