perfect On The Outside, But Behind The Normal Rockwell Facades, Each Holds Its Secrets. Dark, Untellable. Practically Unbelievable. Identical
kaeleigh And Raeanne Are 16-year-old Identical Twins, The Daughters Of A District Court Judge Father And Politician Mother Running For Us Congress. Everything On The Surface Seems Fine, But Underneath Run Very Deep And Damaging Secrets. What Really Happened When The Girls Were 7 Years Old In That Car Accident That Daddy Caused? And Why Is Mom Never Home, Always Running Far Away To Pursue Some New Dream? Raeanne Goes After Painkillers, Drugs, Alcohol, And Sex To Dull Her Pain And Anger. Kaeleigh Always Tries So Hard To Be The Good Girl Her Father's Perfect Little Flower. But When The Girls Were 9, Daddy Started To Turn To His Beloved Kaeleigh In Ways A Father Never Should And Has Been Sexually Abusing Her For Years. For Raeanne, She Needs To Numb The Pain Of Not Being Daddy's Favorite; For Kaeleigh, She Wants To Do Everything She Can To Feel Something Normal, Even If It Means Cutting Herself And Vomiting After Every Binge.
how Kaeleigh And Raeanne Figure Out Just What It Means To Be Whole Again When Their Entire World Has Been Torn To Shreads Is The Guts And Heart Of This Powerful, Disturbing, And Utterly Remarkable Book.
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using Free Verse As Her Vehicle, Hopkins (crank, glass) Takes Readers On A Harrowing Ride Into The Psyches Of 16-year-old Identical Twins Kaeleigh And Raeanne, Both Of Whom Are Racing Toward Self-destruction. The Girls' Family Appears Picture-perfect. Their Father Is A Prominent Judge, Their Mother Is Running For Congress, And Both Girls Do Well In School. But Ever Since An Accident, Mom Doesn't Love Anyone./ She Is Marble. Beautiful./ Frigid. Easily Stained/ By Her Family. What's Left/ Of Us, Anyway. We Are Corpses. Raeanne Seeks Escape In Sex And Drugs; Kaileigh Binges And Cuts Herself. Brief, Gutsy Confessions Reveal A History Of Sexual Abuse And Emotional Neglect, And It's Not Clear That Both Girls Will Survive It. Hopkins's Verse Is Not Only Lean And Sinuous, It Also Demonstrates A Mastery Of Technique. Strategically Placed Concrete Verse Includes A Poem About Revenge Shaped Like A Double-edged Sword; In Another, About Jealousy, The Lines Form One Heart Reflecting Another, Until A Rupture Breaks The Symmetry At The Bottom. Often, The Twins' Entries Mirror Each Other, On Facing Pages: Although Used Differently In The Two Poems, The Same Key Words Are Set Off In Corresponding Stanzas (think./ How/ Different/ Life./ Could Be Reads One Set Of Key Words). Those For Whom uncle Vampire Means Something Will Anticipate The Still-breathless Climax; All Others, Including Most Of The Target Audience, Will Be Shocked. Ages 14-up. (aug.)
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- Social & Family Issues
- Literature & Fiction
Publisher : Margaret K. McElderry Books
Author : Hopkins, Ellen
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2010-12-21
Number Of Pages : 592
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 1416950060
ISBN-13 : 9781416950066
Item weight : 0.85 lb
Dimensions : 1.7 in x 5 in x 7 in
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