Contributions

  • Fogarty, Finola - Contributor

Publication

2009 - Borealis Press, Ottawa, Ontario

Language

English

Word Count

77,250 words, Guess

Page Count

309 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC362.196/85230092
  • LCCRC553.D5 T78 2008

Description

I am four years old. Covered with freckles. Called "Turkey-Egg" because of them. I hate it. "I can cure those freckles if promise not to tell," whispers Granddad. The freckle cure begins. "If you tell," he whispers, "it will kill your mother." This threat, repeated many times, causes anxiety and fear that my behaviours will, somehow, kill Mummy. As abuse escalates, the need to develop another personality increases, until five people share my mind. I keep that secret for fifty years. Then, a mental burnout bursts the dame of silence. Secrets tumble out. The five personalitites who share my mind find their voices

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