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Brooke Strickland
, September 03, 2013
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As a child, you want to love your parents, despite their failures and shortcomings. And in this case, young Eden wants to love her father despite his mental illness. Eden sees her father's ups and downs in gritty detail -- his battle to stay on meds, the failure of her parent's marriage, and when she is 10 years old, she finds her father on the bathroom floor after his attempted suicide. Eden and her father lose touch after this and throughout her childhood, teenage years, and into her adulthood she wonders where he is and if he still loves her.
This story was well-written (a little too detailed and wordy in some spots) and heart-wrenching. A couple of parts brought tears to my eyes. How far will she go to find her father? Will he remember her, despite his mental shortcomings? And will their reunion be what Eden always imagined it will be?
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