Review: Self discovery, ghosts, and healing.. a must read.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 2, 2014
This is a feminist fiction with a touch of paranormal. This is a stand alone book, but I would love to read what happens next. I would recommend this for the older age group being the sexual innuendos, and this does touch on abuse. This book describes the journey of self discovery and self acceptance. Dealing with ones inner demons, some that have been hidden away, needing to resurface to heal. A great read.This is the story about Giselle, but leans towards Vivienne whom is the mother of Giselle and Tom. She is sick and is needing to make peace with Giselle. It has been a long time since Giselle ran away from home, and she is no longer the girl her mother once knew. She is now a strong, gender queer anarchist called Crow, whom has no desire to come home... for any reason. But she has a weakness for her brother Tom and is talked into coming home. She returns to their family home, to the ghosts, lost memories, and finally having to deal with her inner demons. Can she bring peace to her ailing mother? Can she deal with her long hidden secrets? Can she forgive her mother? Only time will tell.favorite passages:"My throat, dry from shouting, felt full of razor blades.""We were moving back, retreating, scurrying away like frightened rats.""Vivienne was a prima ballerina before she gave birth to me and I had all the grace of an elephant.""Sprinting along the street, I glanced back at the dark windows of Vivienne’s house and blew a kiss for my brother." <3"Maybe you need to go back…discover the skeletons behind the stage curtains.""His lips were like knives. They tore at my skin, exposing all I was so desperate to hide.""A tear pricked my eye and I brushed it away.""You can run away from your family, but not from yourself.""It was as though the fairies had replaced my mothers shell with one that mirrored the evil within.""Nanny was here.""Skeletons... what are they but the truth behind the pretty lies we tell each other..."