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Title:The Girl in the Mirror
Author:Cathy Glass
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Student Edition
Pages:Pages: 320 pages
Published:April 1st 2005 by Harper
Categories:Nonfiction. Sociology. Abuse. Autobiography. Memoir
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*Contains heavy spoilers* Prior to reading 'The Girl in the Mirror' I had already read 3 of Cathy Glass' memoirs, and loved them all, finishing them in a few days. However, I think Glass should definitely stick to memoirs, as I found this novel disappointing and hard to get into. The plot structure itself makes for a perfectly good novel (but only if you don't mind graphic descriptions of abuse and have a strong stomach) but the writing made it extremely predictable. I'd guessed that Mandy was a victim of sexual abuse by the time I'd read the prologue, and then Glass patronises the reader further by dropping several huge hints, so by the time the truth comes out, it isn't overly surprising. The twists near the end were again, adequate, but certainly not altogether shocking and quite predictable (I guessed as soon as I learned that Jimmy was dead that it was because of suicide... but maybe that's just because it's how I would have written it as well!) While Glass' writing style certainly makes for an easy read, I think it's far more suited to memoirs than it is novels. As the book went on I became increasingly annoyed by the lack of fluidity of the prose and her tendency to tell us every action or thought which Mandy encounters. For example: "Five minutes later the train began to slow as the station approached. Mandy stood, then waited by the doors until the train stopped. The doors opened and she got out, her pulse quickening and her breath becoming fast and shallow. She looked the length of the platform and then followed the dozen or so passengers who were walking towards the exit barrier. She'd never used this station before; it was on a different network to the one she used when she visited her grandparents, twelve miles away. She fed her ticket into the turnstile and followed the signs to the ladies' WC." This isn't the worst example, but it's just one of the badly structured paragraphs which frustrated me. Everyone knows how one leaves a station, so what's the need for a lengthy description of it? Another moan I have about her writing technique is that you find a cliché on every other page, and the dialogue is often unrealistic. People have an annoying tendency to call each other 'love' and sometimes I felt I was reading the same chapter several times over. I did find myself wanting to rush to the end, and not really for the right reasons. I wasn't engrossed by the ending, and I found the funeral scene unnecessary. It's an ok book as far as plot and read-ability is concerned. I was just getting very annoyed with it by the end!

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Original Title: The Girl in the Mirror
ISBN: 0007299273 (ISBN13: 9780007299270)

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Even tho this us good, I prefer cathys other books about her as a foster carer

It was easy to guess what would happen in the book, so full of surprises it was not... but it is based on a true story and more people should read these... these kinds of things just have to stop! Yes, the book made me angry and anxious, but I wasn't expecting it to be an exhilarating book, but an "educational" one. It is shocking to know how common these things are. And victims should know THEY ARE NOT TO BLAME, THE PEDOPHILES ARE.

Story Description:Harpercollins (UK)|April 12, 2010|Trade Paperback|ISBN: 978-0-729927-0Story Description:When Mandy learns her much-loved Grandpa is dying, she is devastated and returns to the house where she spent so many wonderful summers as a child. But the childhood visits ended abruptly and those happy days are now long gone. Having lost touch with the rest of her family, Mandy returns as a virtual stranger to her aunts house to nurse her grandfather.Mandy hardly recognizes the house that

This book is about Mandy who used to stay at her Aunt and Uncle's place till she was 13 and than stop going.10 years later her Granddad is very ill and is dying and she goes back to the house that she used to visit all the time. she has no memories of the place, and than Mandy slowly starts to remember what had happen to her, Her family had covered up what had happen to her and slowly Mandy finds out what went on in that house and the big cover up.With granddad being so ill and in pain it brings

Wow! was my gut reactionHow do you review on a subject so hurtful to the heart? You try to go impersonal right? Cathy once again has done an outstanding job as an author. She gets into the heart of the matter without any qualms. This book is about recalled memories. Mandy was abused traumatically as a young adolescent and had buried the memory deep within herself. Her family also hushed the memory. Would talk about it and covered it up very neatly. When Mandy agrees to help nurse her ailing

I hated this book!! I had to work really hard to finish it. The story was blindingly obvious, the writing was weak, the twists were so poor it was embarrassing, overall a total let down. I love cathy glass books usually but this was dire.The dialogue was so weak, everyone using the word 'love' ... I would have thought that as a writer she would have thought about the characters and used appropriate language for different age ranges and genders?one thing which annoyed me greatly was when adam and

A true story worth the telling. But OMG where was the editor???? Example. 'She decided to eat some breakfast before leaving for the train. She got out the toaster, carton of juice and butter. When the toast popped up she spread a thin dab of butter. She ate watching out her bedsit window as the clouds rolled in.' ALL that happened here was that she woke, ate a quick breakfast and headed for the train station. Geez