| Rachel Walsh believes she leads a relatively normal life. She lives with her flat mate, thinks she's fat and occasionally does recreational drugs. However, according to Cloisters, the fancy rehabilitation clinic her family put their life savings into to send her to, she is a drug addict.
The story follows her through the trials of the clinic, and the journey to discover the truth about herself. She has group meetings with Sister Josephine, a hardened old lady who wants nothing more than to single her out and terrorise her. Her love life has disintegrated and she finds herself friendless and putting her mother at her wits end. Spurned by her lover in New York, she sinks her teeth into a man who is also at Cloisters, Chris. Her attempts to snatch him away are thwarted by Misty, the writer who attends Cloisters regularly for the publicity. The story flicks between the present and updating the reader with the past and how Rachel arrived at where she is today. She begins the journey to discovering the reason that she was admitted in the beginning, and how to change her life for the better. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - humorous Time/era of story - 1980's-1999 Internal struggle/realization? Yes Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Battle with a psychiatrist Yes Drinking/Drugs problems? - drugs Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - Female Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 () Europe Yes European country: - Ireland The Americas (not US): Yes Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references only Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |
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