Dreamland
When Caitlin first meets Rogerson Biscoe, he seems to be everything she wants him to be. He's handsome, sensitive, and more than a bit mysterious. And before long, Rogerson has cast a spell over Caitlin. A spell that keeps her in a dreamland from which she can't seem to break free-even when the dreams turn into nightmares.
With the consummate skill and psychological depth that brought her praise for Keeping the Moon, she explores the search for self-identity, the warmth of feminine friendships, and the destructive ways our society sets up young women for love gone wrong
The victims who are covering their bruises and their shame because it’s become so repetitive that it’s normal.
They direct all of their attention toward the issue of Cass's abandonment of the family and away from Caitlin, leaving her essentially without parental guidance
Do you think that Caitlin's sister "ran away"? What does it mean to run away from home? What might be the consequences of running away and the motivation behind it
there seems to be an over-arching, intrinsic sense that somehow the person being abused "deserves" the abuse. Compounding this problem is the inner voice in many abuse victims that says the very same thing: "I deserve this," "If only I do better, I won't get hurt . . . ," or "If I just try harder. . . ."
Caitlin in her old life—school, her neighbors' house, her own home—and Caitlin in the new life she has chosen—Rogerson's car and house, Corinna and Dave's house, and in her thoughts and dreams. The difference between the two arenas is vast and unbridgeable: for Caitlin, the former represents her sister and how Caitlin could never compare to her; and the latter represents a desperate but rather blind attempt to break all of the ties of the past and make a completely different life for herself, one that does not provide any basis for comparison.
Strange, sleepy Rogerson, with his long brown dreads and brilliant green eyes, had seemed to Caitlin to be an...
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