Books: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
After the Silence: Rape & My Journey Back by Nancy Venable Raine
Lucky by Alice Sebold
Statement: I have always loved this book. I especially love the passages, which are everywhere, about Mel washing herself away, or swallowing herself, or disappearing. I think the part where she is conjugating verbs in spanish, and does a few, but stops when it gets to forget, escape and hide...they are just so personal and she cannot face herself. It is so creative the way Anderson puts all these details in to add to her loss of identity...even the school mascot.
Question: How important is Heather's role in Mel's recovery process. I understand it as a friend, and her only link to feeling normal, but when Heather drops her, how does that relate to her getting enough strength to find her voice? What was Anderson's intention? Was it a wake-up call, telling Mel she has to face this?
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