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Beside myself

Morgan, Ann (Author).

Summary: Six-year-old Helen and Ellie are identical twins, but Helen is smarter, more popular, and their mother's favorite. Ellie, on the other hand, requires special instruction at school, is friendless, and is punished at every turn. Until they decide to swap places--just for fun, and just for one day--and Ellie refuses to switch back. Everything of Helen's, from her toys to her friends to her identity, now belongs to her sister. With those around her oblivious to her plight, the girl who used to be Helen loses her sense of self and withdraws into a spiral of behavioral problems, delinquency, and mental illness. In time, she's not even sure of her memory of the switch. Twenty-five years later, she receives a call that threatens to pull her back into her sister's dangerous orbit. Will she take this chance to face her past?

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  • ISBN: 9781632864352 (electronic bk)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
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  • Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2016.

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  • Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2015 October #1

    How much of our identity is based on our name? Twin girls—Helen is smart and popular, Ellie is awkward and slow—decide to play a game and switch identities to see if they can trick people, but at the end of the day—Ellie refuses to switch back. This creepy tale of stolen identity will keep readers engaged as alternating chapters depict the sisters' youthful experiences to adulthood. One twin has a wonderful life of fame while the other battles mental illness. Helen's struggles as she tries to make people realize her true identity are heartbreaking, and her family's dysfunctional history is the shadowy underlying theme that permeates the novel. VERDICT Blogger Morgan (The World Between Two Covers) has written a solid psychological debut thriller that fans of S.J. Watson and Gillian Flynn will want to add to their to-read lists. [See Prepub Alert, 7/27/15.]—Marianne Fitzgerald, Severna Park H.S., MD

    [Page 71]. (c) Copyright 2015 Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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