But, that being said, Alexi's story felt fresh and unique. They both have a lot to deal with internally as well as externally and the ultimate theme of both is about gaining an understanding of why many victims feel unable to report what has happened. The two do have many similarities: both are about teenage girls who feel unable to talk about their horrific experience. I'll be honest and say I imagined this book would be yet another poor version of Speak. There are so many books about sexual abuse in its various ugly forms. What don't we remember from our early childhoods? What horrors did our minds automatically repress to shelter us from dealing with reality? Why are we like we are - could there be an answer hidden deep inside us, a long-forgotten memory that haunts us subconsciously? The kind of memories we push below the surface and force ourselves to hide away. The scary things in this book are the memories that people forget over time. Not even any serial killers or psychopaths. No demons or things that go bump in the night. And the worst part? This book doesn't have any monsters in the traditional sense. I had foreseen Faking Normal having many possible effects on me but fear really wasn't one of them. She's humbled by the tiny fleet of novels with her name on the spine.Something is hiding in my childhood. Fable Stables has four dogs, six goats, twenty chickens (give or take), and three babydoll sheep on order. These days she writes coming-of-truth fiction by night, is the community outreach manager for Warren County Public Library by day, and runs a hobby farm named Fable Stables whenever there is time. She is a former adjunct professor, youth minister, Olympic torchbearer, and bookseller at Parnassus Books in Nashville, TN. Courtney “Court” Stevens grew up in the knockabout town of Bandana, Kentucky. She's humbled by the tiny fleet of novels with her name on the spine.
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