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While breaking the news of Princess Diana's death to millions, reporter Isabel Murphy unravels on live television. Coming back down to earth at a psychiatric hospital, Isabel begins the painful process of recovering the life everyone thought she had.
Refusing to co-operate with her doctors, Isabel finds it hard to believe that she belongs at Three Winds with schizophrenic Lark and Peter, the silent little boy. It will take drastic measures to convince Isabel that she can be helped and that she must confront her past, in order to ensure her future.
I liked this book. It's about a woman who, like so many, has tried to present a front of the perfect life to the world. The book starts out as she's breaking down on live television, and quickly jumps to her arrival at the mental facility. It's a little hard to get into in the beginning, but as you learn more about Isabel, you can't help but to care.
Every few chapters flash back to times in Isabel's life that are difficult. You start to get an understanding of what she's been dealing with as her mom criticizes her for being a quitter while taking her to be admitted into the mental hospital. Then there are flashbacks to times that tell about her demanding job, difficult family and abusive husband. The author doesn't really go into detail about the problems she's had, but touches on them enough that you see how they would weigh her down. The more you read about them, the more you emphasize with Isabel and want to see her succeed. I thought it was well done.
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