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Carrie in the Mirror
Felicia lives a rather ordinary life until one fatal accident changes everything. Reeling from the death of her twin sister, Carrie, Felicia desperately attempts to connect to her, vowing to live the life her sister was denied by forcing herself to closely mimic Carrie.
Feeling more alone than ever in a house that's become a morgue, Felicia can't believe her luck when she accidentally stumbles upon Carrie's hidden diary. In her efforts to transform herself into the ethereal Carrie, Felicia's life begins to spiral out of control.
Confronted by her parents' troubled marriage, a breakup with her best friend, and an overwhelming sense of isolation, Felicia's solitariness becomes more of a danger than she could have ever imagined, and the fight to survive is grueling.
Feeling more alone than ever in a house that's become a morgue, Felicia can't believe her luck when she accidentally stumbles upon Carrie's hidden diary. In her efforts to transform herself into the ethereal Carrie, Felicia's life begins to spiral out of control.
Confronted by her parents' troubled marriage, a breakup with her best friend, and an overwhelming sense of isolation, Felicia's solitariness becomes more of a danger than she could have ever imagined, and the fight to survive is grueling.
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First published October 21, 2014
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May 23, 2016
TW: eating disorders, grief
This book is about grief, and not dealing with it, dealing with it unhealthily, and then dealing with it slowly but surely. How healing is a process. There were definitely parts where I was quite teary-eyed.
Felicia has just lost her twin sister, she's ignored by her parents in their own grief and her brother is away. She's pushing away her best friend. Her only comfort is reading her deceased sister's diary, the only way she feels connected to her. Then she gets angry that Carrie didn't get to live, when she had so much to live for. To make up for this, Felicia begins to live like Carrie did in her diary, determined that she would live for and be as close to her beloved sister as possible. Then it would be as though Carrie is still living herself.
Except it leads to an eating disorder. This book was mostly written to bring awareness to what can often be overlooked in teenaged girls (and boys!), and how it is a sickness and mental illness and what they can be thinking of during their time with the disorder. How it consumes a person's life.
I'm possibly biased in how much I liked the book because I'm friends with the author, and often sat next to her during our off hours between classes while she wrote the first draft of this book, and when she wrote the 35+ paged thesis paper that went along with writing this book. It was almost a two-year long project, and it's so satisfying to finally read the finished product.
I think this would possibly be good therapy for some survivors (and triggering for some), or may even bring awareness to those not affected but possibly bring attention to those close to them that might have the disorder. And to be understanding and patient with them.
This book is about grief, and not dealing with it, dealing with it unhealthily, and then dealing with it slowly but surely. How healing is a process. There were definitely parts where I was quite teary-eyed.
Felicia has just lost her twin sister, she's ignored by her parents in their own grief and her brother is away. She's pushing away her best friend. Her only comfort is reading her deceased sister's diary, the only way she feels connected to her. Then she gets angry that Carrie didn't get to live, when she had so much to live for. To make up for this, Felicia begins to live like Carrie did in her diary, determined that she would live for and be as close to her beloved sister as possible. Then it would be as though Carrie is still living herself.
Except it leads to an eating disorder. This book was mostly written to bring awareness to what can often be overlooked in teenaged girls (and boys!), and how it is a sickness and mental illness and what they can be thinking of during their time with the disorder. How it consumes a person's life.
I'm possibly biased in how much I liked the book because I'm friends with the author, and often sat next to her during our off hours between classes while she wrote the first draft of this book, and when she wrote the 35+ paged thesis paper that went along with writing this book. It was almost a two-year long project, and it's so satisfying to finally read the finished product.
I think this would possibly be good therapy for some survivors (and triggering for some), or may even bring awareness to those not affected but possibly bring attention to those close to them that might have the disorder. And to be understanding and patient with them.
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