Three sisters deal with tragedy after the oldest, Elv, who was sexually abused by a stranger as a child, succumbs to drug addiction and a mental breakdown, the middle sister, Meg, falls ill, and the youngest, Claire, tries to cope with her feelings of guilt over what happened to Elv.
year: 2010, 2009
call number/section: 1000
subjects: sisters, fiction, mother-daughter relationship, mothers and daughters, loss (psychology)
Editions
Hoffman, Alice
Three Rivers Press (2010)
A family drama and coming of age story follows the lives of three sisters who create a magical world on their street to escape a tragedy that has changed them forever.
Schools: 3
Hoffman, Alice
Shaye Areheart Books (2009)
Three sisters deal with tragedy after the oldest, Elv, who was sexually abused by a stranger as a child, succumbs to drug addiction and a mental breakdown, the middle sister, Meg, falls ill, and the youngest, Claire, tries to cope with her feelings of guilt over what happened to Elv.
Schools: 1