Each step of preparation comes with its own smells and sounds and textures and colors, all leading to the most important decision of all: which lipstick to wear? After all, these Bright Red Kisses hold the promise of Mommy’s return and she does always come home after a great night out. Still, mommies take a lot of getting ready before they go, and this mommy needs an extra special helper to make those crucial dress up decisions.īefore long, mother and daughter are caught up in a whirlwind of bubble baths and cold creams, strappy shoes and fancy dresses. ‘It’s a party! ‘Could be dinner! ‘Maybe company is coming?’Ī young girl is excited by her mother’s bustling activity, until she realizes Mommy is going out for the evening without her.
It also a tribute to the healing effects of compassion and friendship, and to the strength we can summon, even in our weakest moments.Ī young girl helps Mommy dress up for an evening out. The Game is an extraordinary story of betrayal, anger, guilt, confusion and dread, and their brutal effects on the mind. There’s the cool aloofness of her mother. Slowly Dani emerges from the painful effects of substance abuse, and begins to adapt to life at Riverwood, a psychiatric treatment facility for ‘teens with problems.’ As she recovers from her physical trauma, Dani must confront a deeper emotional trauma, which at the moment she can neither explain nor recognize. God, how did she get here? She remembers the vodka and pills.
The Game is now a hazy memory as Dani looks up from the floor of the isolation room at Riverwood Clinic.
Governor General’s Literary Awards nominee for Children’s Literature, Text Dani Webster had played The Game with her sister, Kelly, for as long as she could remember.
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