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Lizzie

by Dawn Ius

Mental illnessChild abuseBed and breakfast accommodationsStepmothersFamily problemsFictionChildren's fictionFamily life, fiction

Seventeen-year-old Lizzie Borden has never been kissed. Polite but painfully shy, Lizzie prefers to stay in the kitchen, where she can dream of becoming a chef and escape her reality. With tyrannical parents who force her to work at the family s B&B and her blackout episodes a medical condition that has plagued her since her first menstrual cycle Lizzie longs for a life of freedom, the time and space to just figure out who she is and what she wants.

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Book data: Open Library