Two and a half years since Cassie's mother put her in a mental institution against her will, Cassie has turned eighteen and been emancipated. She is, however, entirely unready for college life, and the psychological damage done by her mother proves hard to get rid of. Then Cassie learns truths about her family that makes her wonder if it was her mother all along with mental illness, and, if so, Cassie wonders if she has the responsibility of trying to help her.
year: 2016
call number/section: 1000
subjects: self-actualization (psychology), juvenile fiction, emotional problems of teenagers, dysfunctional families, mothers and daughters, memory, self-realization, fiction, emotional problems, family problems, mother-daughter relationship, bildungsromans, bildungsromans
Editions
Kletter, Kerry
Philomel Books (2016)
Committed to a mental hospital against her will for something she claims she did not do, Cassie O'Malley signs herself out against medical advice when she turns eighteen and tries to start over at college, until her estranged mother appears, throwing everything Cassie believes about herself into question.
Schools: 14
Kletter, Kerry
Two and a half years since Cassie's mother put her in a mental institution against her will, Cassie has turned eighteen and been emancipated. She is, however, entirely unready for college life, and the psychological damage done by her mother proves hard to get rid of. Then Cassie learns truths about her family that makes her wonder if it was her mother all along with mental illness, and, if so, Cassie wonders if she has the responsibility of trying to help her.
Schools: 3