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Ariel’s got a good relationship with her mother, but she’s in danger of falling under the control of a boy who wants to monopolize every minute of her time for himself.Įach story is told from the point of view of the girls when they were 16, and seeing the continuity between generations is both painful and hopeful. Desiree can’t rely on her mother to protect her. Desiree is happy with her school and social life, but at home her mother is too depressed to pay much attention to her. But she’s extremely overweight, and she fights to stay above water in a vast sea of loneliness. Madeline is super-responsible, and she takes care of her alcoholic mother. In this case, there are three generations of mothers and daughters who all make mistakes but ultimately struggle to do the best they can.Įach of the storytellers, Madeline, Desiree and Ariel has a distinct voice. Kwasney is at its heart a story of mothers and daughters.
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