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Book review: Escaping the Mirror

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Emily P. DeLoach: Escaping the Mirror

I picked this book up because it reminded me strongly of Tricia Drammeh’s novel about damaged teeneagers, The Fifth Circle, which I admired as a portrait of two young people adrift. Escaping the mirror is a novel about a young girl hauling herself through a nightmare of abuse, abandon, and oblivion in drugs and drink. The girl, nicknamed Evil, is no angel, but how could she be given the abuse she has endured since her mother upped and left? Her brother Jim is no hero, even though he has taken upon himself the role of protector. The nicest character is of course Dopey, the one who picks up the pieces after Evil shatters the mirror.
The story is told through the eyes if Evil, Jim, and Dopey, who take it in turns to relate the story of the few weeks of the start…

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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