Kerry Kletter

The First Time She Drowned

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The beautiful struggle of a girl desperate for the one relationship that has caused her the most painCassie O'Malley has spent the past two and a half years in a mental institution—dumped there by her mother, against her will. Now, at 18, Cassie emancipates herself, determined to start over. She attends college, forms new friendships, and even attempts to start fresh with her mother. But before long, their unhealthy relationship threatens to pull Cassie under once again. As Cassie struggles to reclaim her life, childhood memories persist and confuse, and Cassie must consider whose version of history is real, and more important, whose life she must save.A bold, literary story about the fragile complexities of mothers and daughters and learning to love oneself, The First Time She Drowned reminds us that we must dive deep into our pasts if we are ever to move forward.
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300 printed pages
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  • Diana Catshared an impression8 years ago
    💀Spooky
    💡Learnt A Lot
    🎯Worthwhile
    🚀Unputdownable
    💧Soppy

    An amazing book, beatifully written and hearthbreaking.

  • Ferris Cuevasshared an impression5 years ago
    🚀Unputdownable

Quotes

  • Ferris Cuevashas quoted5 years ago
    part of being healthy is being able to hold and remember who people actually are instead of who we wish they were. It’s a daily struggle against a brain that tends to want to cling to fairy-tale hope, but it’s also the only way to guarantee a life surrounded by those who build rather than destroy. In the end, the loss is about letting go of what I never had in the first place.
  • Ferris Cuevashas quoted5 years ago
    Today, right now, I start over. A new me.
  • Diana Cathas quoted8 years ago
    part of being healthy is being able to hold and remember who people actually are instead of who we wish they were. It’s a daily struggle against a brain that tends to want to cling to fairy-tale hope, but it’s also the only way to guarantee a life surrounded by those who build rather than destroy.

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