![]() ![]() ![]() Details of prosecution and of healing are suggested briefly a single sentence points out that ""most pre-schools are wonderful."" The psychological mystery and quest for evidence should grip readers but this is also a responsible look at a trauma much in the news. The story concludes as other parents are given evidence that Adri has obtained from Becky with the help of puppets and a tape recorder. Miklowitz In 1492 thousands of people of the Jewish faith were leaving Spain. The oblivious but fundamentally loving parents ring less true parents who are blind to the unthinkable are not uncommon, but the nurturing and neglecting sides of these two seem inconsistent. Her teen-agers-Adri, panicked by her aversive response to boys her understanding boyfriend, Ryan, who is not only patient but finally helps her get evidence cheerfully sexy confidante Bev-are well-drawn characters, as is little sister Becky, whose sudden personality change as she attends the same preschool jars Adri's memory. Miklowitz is a popular author who has successfully dealt with other controversial topics (e.g., Did You Hear What Happened to Andrea?, about rape) she deals capably with this one, although in presenting a long-standing conspiracy to exploit a whole school, she chooses an extreme case. Fictional presentation of such a subject is no easy task it would be easy to exploit its fascination. Teen-ager Adri is frozen in mysterious unresponsiveness which begins to dispel when she finally pieces together repressed memories of a nursery-school trauma: forced participation in making porno films. ![]()
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