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Aberrations
Aberrations
Author: Penelope Przekop
Twenty-one-year-old narcoleptic Angel Duet knows her father harbors secrets. He loves and protects her, but his suspicious refusal to discuss her mother s death drives Angel to worship an image created from the little history she does have: her father's sketchy stories and her mother's treasured photography, studies of clouds that have hung in t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781934572030
ISBN-10: 1934572039
Publication Date: 7/1/2008
Pages: 336
Rating:
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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3.2 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Emerald Book Co
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Angel Duet is a 21-yr-old with a lot on her plate. She's a college student in a complicated relationship with a doctor, trying to share a house with her secretive father and his new girlfriend (who is incredibly pushy), and on top of that, she is narcoleptic. Angel tries everything to rid herself of the chimera of narcolepsy on her back - medications, therapy, and eventually, in desperation, illegal drugs. Her struggle to cope with daily life while narcolepsy controls her every emotion begins to take it's toll on Angel. After a string of poor choices, she is forced to deal with a truth that will change her life forever.

I enjoyed the portrayal of a person living with narcolepsy in Aberrations. The constant lethargy, the scattered thoughts, the disruptive cataplexy during an emotionally intense conversation - it was spot on according to my husband (who also has narcolepsy). I didn't care for story itself, though. I found the plot just didn't engage me like I'd hoped. I also didn't think the profanity added to the story (does it ever?), so I must suggest you pass unless you're interested in a rare sleeping disorder.
rh 6/1/12


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