This book review was written by Eugene Kernes
“I think back to the dream, and how it was snowing when I looked out the window in the girl’s bedroom. Missy? Is that the name? Yes, snow was falling outside the window in Missy’s room. I wonder that I can remember such a detail from a dream, that my mind can create entire snowscapes for my viewing pleasure while I am asleep.” – Cynthia Swanson, Chapter 2, Page 15-16
“Besides the joy of teaching a child to read, there is another benefit: for more than a week now, the dreams have disappeared. Each night of that week, I sleep well, solidly, like a stone, without any dreams.” – Cynthia Swanson, Chapter 8, Page 86
“I bite my lip. I cannot change the mistakes of the past. All I can do is move forward with whatever future my new reality holds” – Cynthia Swanson, Chapter 31, Page 314
Overview:
Kitty has always wanted a family, but circumstances prevented that realization. One day, Kitty starts to have dreams, in which Kitty has what appears to be a family that Kitty has always wanted. Dreams in which Kitty has full awareness in. Lucid dreams. The dreams are both very seductive, but also very troubling. Within the dreams, Kitty discovers startling information. Information that Kitty uses to find real references to while Kitty is awake. Changing the way Kitty behaves, and engages with others.
Kitty knows that
the dream family is just that, a dream.
But Kitty cares for them. Kitty
also finds out that the ideal dream family, is not without their complications. That there are difficulties and struggles
that Kitty would have needed to go through to have this family. The sacrifices Kitty would have needed to
make. This is a story of a coping
mechanism that the mind creates to deal with trauma.
Caveats?
The book has a slow pace, until
close to the end. Showing the daily
routines, and how they change, to create a psychological twist.
