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"Ellie begins her life with two loving parents and a happy home. Her secure lifestyle comes to a dramatic end when she witnesses the death of her mother, and a year later at age 8, she loses her father as well. Her life continues to go from bad to worse as she and her siblings are shuffled around between caregivers, many of whom are abusive. She is separated from her brother, and sees her aunt attempt to stab her sister. However, it's when Ellie enters her teens that her life becomes even worse. Psychologically and sexually tormented by her uncle, kept a virtual prisoner in her home, she attempts suicide as an escape. Finally, at age 18, she is allowed to get a job and uses this as an opportunity to escape. She spends a year as a homeless runaway before making a decision to live a better life. In the last chapter, she candidly shares the long term effects of her childhood, as well as updates on her family."
Debbie K, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- molestation--unpleasant gift from Daddy
Family, hate
Yes
Struggle with:
- Uncle
The difficult family member
- is a molester (ick!)
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 (some)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Century:
- 1960's-1970's
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- rape/molest (yeech!)
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very unfavorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
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