Katy Belonging

Surprisingly, though, Ian finds her as well, after searching for her - and he thinks its Kaeleigh - and says they have to leave right away. Raeanne, still confused, believes it is about Kaeleigh, and her dying, until she starts to remember that she is Kaeleigh - but where is Raeanne? Suddenly, it comes flashing back to her that Raeanne died in the car accident so long ago.

Coming from a lonely and abusive home Mary had to find happiness outside of her house. Her mom made a friend from their church and she happened to have a three month year old baby. Mary always occupied the Richardson’s by helping with baby Alyssa, while also distracting herself from reality. Meeting the Richardson’s ended up being Mary’s worst nightmare. One night the Richardson’s went out and asked Mary and her mother to watch Alyssa.

Her husband John takes her away from their home in the city to a run down

She realises that she has been living with a stranger, since the whole marriage is a charade to fulfil the expectations of Victorian society.

The story begins with newlyweds, Waythorn and Alice, returning home from their honeymoon because Alice’s daughter, Lily, who’s from a previous marriage, is sick. Shortly after returning Alice receives a letter from Mr. Haskett, Lily’s father, inquiring about a visit. Alice and Waythorn talk it over and agree to the idea. The next day Waythorn leaves for work and runs into Mr.Varick, one of Alice’s ex-husbands. The story continues with a series of interactions between Waythorn and Alice’s ex-husbands and as time goes on, they all become more casual with each other. Waythorn comes to realize both men are quite agreeable and that they have significantly impacted and shaped Alice. The story concludes with Alice’s two ex-husbands, Alice, and Waythorn all unexpectedly together. The group ends up having tea together and laughing off their

She becomes very reactive and unapologetic. Her final step in harming her marriage is stonewalling. Alice starts to pull away from Michael and his love. He wants to help her, but she is not ready to accept that yet. She makes is difficult for the entire family to heal by doing this. She becomes withdrawn and pushes away those who love her. These things are very are very apparent in this couple’s relationship.

The main antagonist in the book is Alice’s youngest daughter Lydia Howland. She defies the family’s educational tradition and chooses to take acting classes in Los Angeles in hopes of becoming an actor. Lydia’s decision causes a lot of conflict between her parents. She’s the only one that refuses to participate in the Alzheimer’s genetic testing. However, as Alice’s condition deteriorates, Lydia becomes the most valuable player of the family; she becomes Alice’s number one advocate. She doesn’t try to “test” Alice’s memory but is there for her when she needs her (p. 162). The relationship between Alice and Lydia improves. Lydia eventually listens to her mother’s advice and enrolls at Brandies University to study theater (p. 258).

With no eminent suspect given by the authorities, Katy is forced to cope with her husband’s loss with her two four-year-old children and her dog. Katy receives much support from her family and friends in Squamish, Canada, but ultimately moves her family to Victoria, Canada for a change of scenery. In Victoria, Katy starts a new life with her family. There, she meets Michael Hutchinson, who she marries in 1998, and gets a new job. Katy’s life is finally returning to normal.

Cora Lee had many children. As a child she was obsessed with baby dolls. Every Christmas she would get a new baby doll. Until she was 13, when her father said she was too old. Beginning in her sophomore year of high school, she started having babies one after another. Cora Lee neglects her children as they get older since she can only take care of them while they’re babies. Kiswana catches one of Cora Lee’s children eating out of a trash can and takes him to his mom to tell on him. Kiswana then see how filthy Cora Lee’s apartment is. Kiswana offers her to come and bring the children to a play. So Cora Lee cleans her children up and they all go to the play with Kiswana. Cora Lee is touched by seeing how much her children enjoyed the play and from that day to vowed to be a better mother.

JESSICA MATTHEWS (late teens) storms out of her house after having an argument with her mother, DEBRA MATTHEWS, about her mother’s boyfriend, MARK. Mark can never replace her father. She throws her purse down. A nice ASIAN MAN with a dog picks up the purse and gives it back to Jessica. She apologizes to the man.

Stacy was a single mom with two kids. Never having alone time since she had her two twin girls Jane and Jude, 6 years back. Stacy’s friend Mary was constantly begging her to get out of the house just for an evening and leave the girls with a baby sitter. Stacy had finally decided it was time to let herself have some fun for a night. Stacy was running around the house trying to give the kids dinner before the babysitter came. The doorbell rang and Stacy dropped what she was doing to answer the door.

when my husband die I promise him I will keep the family together… but now my daughter take me around to look at apartments.” As the story begins to conclude after the park incident, the daughter has finally decided it was time for her mother to move out and the grandmother reflects on everything that has happened. From the very beginning, she has always taken care of her daughter. She brought her to a new country to start a better life, and after her husband died she made a promise to him that even though their family was hardly anything, it was still a family.

A major influence on Alice's identity was when she was a young child and her grandmother would tell her stories about events that occurred in Cambodia. In Alice's teenage years, her beloved grandmother has a stroke, developed disabilities and eventually had passed away. It is around this time where serious psychological problems occur for Alice. This almost forces her into a mental state in which she knows she does not fit in with the Australian culture. She believed she had to do everything she could to change that otherwise Alice knew she would break down mentally. Alice was forced to attempt to fit the social standards of Australia.

She zips up her suitcase and takes a last look around the bedroom, a pretty, frilly room, decorated in a style she has long outgrown. Then, turning to gaze out of the window, she pictures the flat she hopes to buy once she has found her feet. A flat furnished to her own taste, with dramatic splashes of colour. In this flat she will laugh and cry and live, she will find a social life and entertain her friends, all by herself. In this flat she will grow up. For nineteen years she has lived according to someone else’s rules, but now it is time to break free.

Katherine walks into the kitchen where she is greeted by her loving mother and father. “Good morning Kathy,” said her mother while stirring her coffee with a spoon, “how about today you go into town and buy yourself a wedding dress.” Katherine knowing her mother means well sighs and reluctantly says, “Sure mother.” Katherine begins to walk up the old broken down stairs her father had built himself when she was a little girl to her bedroom when she is stopped by her father. He whispers to her with a smile, “It’s for your own good Kathy,” and hands her some money. Katherine looks down at the money while she is in her small light pink room and a spark goes off in her mind. She could take the money her father gave to her and instead of buying a wedding dress for